From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C77139894 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:05:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8402114268; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:05:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wraeth.id.au (wraeth.id.au [106.187.101.125]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A0314232 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:05:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.10.4] (unknown [103.6.189.92]) by mail.wraeth.id.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 889A91F4EB for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:06:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge world looking grim To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <87lhd1ig1t.fsf@reader.local.lan> <20150824131744.GA2518@acm.fritz.box> <87h9noizbr.fsf@reader.local.lan> <20150824133959.GB622@apio.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu> From: wraeth Message-ID: <55DB24B8.8000808@wraeth.id.au> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:05:44 +1000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d1a1e30b-7ef9-4693-8805-13b335da56dd X-Archives-Hash: ab67a31f2c506ef9fea1f20ef58e2d50 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 24/08/15 23:59, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel > wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:35:36AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> Alan Mackenzie writes: >>> >>>> I'd recommend you then just to reinstall. Remembering my >>>> fights with stupid error messages from emerge, and so on, I >>>> wish I'd just reinstalled months earlier than I did. >>> >>> Thanks for the frank suggestions and noted lack unix hero >>> talk... hehe. >> >> I personally think that updating glibc and gcc, then continuing >> with the rest of the system update is the easiest path forward. >> You won't lose your portage config, it will probably be a little >> bit faster, and it requires a lot less manual intervention >> (running a handful of commands vs. following the handbook).. >> > > Agree. I probably get update issues of this complexity at least > annually. I couldn't tell you when I installed my stage3 on this > box, but it was a LONG time ago and I'm constantly cleaning up /etc > cruft from things being moved around. > > I would not rush to just reinstall a gentoo box unless you get > really stuck, or this is part of a configuration management > workflow (which I fully encourage - there is something to be said > for blowing away your install and reinstalling every time you do a > package update, just to demonstrate that you're able to do it from > a disaster-recovery standpoint). > +1 There's also the fact that working through conflicts like this is also an educational experience in itself, making it easier for the next time. - -- wraeth GnuPG Key: B2D9F759 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlXbJLQACgkQXcRKerLZ91keqgD+JX2qXS8/Db/Y5oR8DDA2TsUQ VmNTY7qyU1iWBzzwZm8A/A9f2dIIhj7e5McD2cmeLnyf0TszISU85vyOQTsJ7bWI =gjmo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----