From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IVeIj-0005QF-RU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:19:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8D2B2lQ008792; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:11:02 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8D23kiF032304 for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:03:48 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so449939wah for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:03:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OXCq2xUmRLQ1H6wXlIT8nzumNtxRGvg/bkDRVLp6fK4=; b=FicoPS9kQ6my7h+ZArF1PJcT+i2pT5yOdJEmi0G7crjsGeboKgueotZUn0dknq0eg0YkBhN+rG9Z/qoa7RmFQFHy3HbVaDJAVzr2piQsqIj97q2K3f3MKQzostykKuVVYrF4sHY319KtxkulLwOBjH9FA2R8+X9nfdYlHq7MAJE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cUAlcIfipBEvW0Sh9HsJEoDQkThFBH/B2BCx3ZOQzIy1sqhuuLySbS8+XMnlxUmmdWbVd8GTxNR5D9l8MAnWVzdAuR3CAOeyUIZliECK3UjLt9FlG6GTjMr/SEfS7nUJOHnpNuyDqCag2ug6CZleXeW+LR8vAe31sp1yoWBF4CA= Received: by 10.114.14.1 with SMTP id 1mr189665wan.1189649023683; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:03:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.77.12 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:03:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0709121903v6e0ecc01t5715e760619dcba7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:03:43 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Immensely disappointed in emerge -DuN world these days In-Reply-To: <20070912202430.7a754d6d@pascal.spore.ath.cx> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0709121636g25d90fc6je28cef1394b176ee@mail.gmail.com> <20070912184507.17c62775@pascal.spore.ath.cx> <5bdc1c8b0709121806v1d50c169k5a13d4b8c16d140b@mail.gmail.com> <20070912202430.7a754d6d@pascal.spore.ath.cx> X-Archives-Salt: bb0d879f-ad90-4331-a0ec-83a900f9dd43 X-Archives-Hash: acee3520dde477bd37506565244eb6da On 9/12/07, Dan Farrell wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:06:21 -0700 > "Mark Knecht" wrote: > > > One seemingly large problem is that > > revdep-rebuild wants to rebuild packages that are no longer in portage > > so you have to remove those from the rebuild or attempt to change > > revision numbers by hand on the fly in the long command that > > revdep-rebuild -p creates. > > That is very annoying, I agree. Just about the only truly negative > thing i have to say about gentoo is that if you wait too long to > update, you're in a bad spot by the time you get around to it. This is very true. I have time and time again run into issues that don't fit the maintainer's point of view which is typically a single PC. I run a small network of MythTV machines here in the house. Unfortunately with Myth you cannot update the server (in general) without updating the frontend machines. For me that means updating 6 machines in parallel which is a significant time sync. Add to that things like dropping support for certain kernels, certain ati-drivers packages, etc., and you can find yourself in trouble. On the other hand, Gentoo does work and it's far and away the most stable brand of Linux I've ever run. Add to that great overlay support for the pro-audio stuff I'm involved with and I don't think there are many alternatives. That said I think most of my home would be better off with something like Ubuntu or Suse but I haven't the inclination to learn it. Anyway, thanks for your inputs. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list