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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:38:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EF4926A.3080102@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EF48AC2.3090105@gmail.com>

Dale wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Mick<michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You need portage-2.2 to be able to use sets.
>> Sadly, 2.1.10.11 is the latest marked stable for ~amd64. (Or was, last
>> time I synced.)
>>
>> It'll be nice when it's available, though.
>>
>
> I been using the unstable portage for a long time. Since I built this
> rig if I recall correctly. It works fine but it does get updated pretty
> regular. Zac is always adding some new frills and shiney things. ;-) I
> wouldn't blame you for staying stable but it works fine here on my amd64
> and old x86 rig.

Devs don't seem to like bug reports involving mixes of stable and 
unstable. I was mildly scolded for filing a bug report against xemacs' 
failing to build with libpng15, when xemacs was stable, and libpng15 
wasn't, yet. I'm trying to being slightly more conservative about what I 
unmask.

Between autounmask and specific desires to be on top of some packages, 
it's not easy. For example, stable WINE hasn't built since February 
2011... ( https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354745 ) Anyone who 
needs WINE for any reason needs to use their unstable 1.3.x tree. This 
isn't expected to be fixed until this coming *March*, when ICU 49 goes 
generally available.

/rant



  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-23 14:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-22  7:00 [gentoo-user] GDM kbd/mouse lockup after emerge --update on a stable amd64 platform - need hints to cure Pintér Tibor
2011-12-22  8:02 ` G.Wolfe Woodbury
2011-12-22 12:58   ` Alex Schuster
2011-12-23  5:12     ` Michael Mol
2011-12-23  5:46       ` Dale
2011-12-23 12:55         ` Michael Mol
2011-12-23 14:02           ` Dale
2011-12-23 10:38       ` Mick
2011-12-23 12:57         ` Michael Mol
2011-12-23 14:05           ` Dale
2011-12-23 14:38             ` Michael Mol [this message]
2011-12-23 23:17               ` Dale
2011-12-23 23:47                 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-12-25  2:56               ` Stroller
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-12-22  6:16 G.Wolfe Woodbury

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