From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E79D8138334 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:29:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E1190E0864; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:29:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oc.oops.co.at (oc.oops.co.at [85.90.244.114]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73148E0855 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:29:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.32.99.119] (h062040171237.moe.cm.kabsi.at [62.40.171.237]) by oc.oops.co.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7350D8825F for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:29:20 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xunil.at; s=mail201907; t=1566221361; h=from:from:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Q0KdeYgf6zBik/x7YRYccfwL5w3u7SBSGZ3oqa7f/jA=; b=cX8vcVzQHK6VOVrFP2ULWXt71lZ9KnernVLPQYsvglcJ3ktl2aN9mWs48ZAnhlZJncAh5Y 1vFlIHBFEUyq5del9XpwDucnkSZ8DSwDWYro0ofUwxlQRAsCSAgHdAMnldPxh9O69NIxfZ nG9wlthWjKz+VzGfcukbJergVk6HCGI= Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [gentoo-user] multipath.conf : learning how to use To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <1786455.n5vAsDlxU6@andromeda> <50ccc42a-ec35-2583-98f5-c175a8ac3fec@xunil.at> <5458877.fxkQ65qYHq@andromeda> From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <6404d280-26f0-052e-1d43-56c6487ee53c@xunil.at> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:29:20 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xunil.at; s=mail201907; t=1566221361; h=from:from:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Q0KdeYgf6zBik/x7YRYccfwL5w3u7SBSGZ3oqa7f/jA=; b=eD0OkNLSYDQLj6pJZddwyvdc+6iu7nro8GOChvpJzJivi5CBNJUsUjRz8uJt6Gz4ubFTBU hAGdnj6nvN2XHrjMx6PmJcydSmingoASuWxYu1aGJ8Ug1FROWWs0D3AWI/lGjThAlHg6ZM owXL/kiDYr9cwqVXoUejVs/KkCmMLS0= ARC-Seal: i=1; s=mail201907; d=xunil.at; t=1566221361; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=r9CRXAdtT2zPfXsXP026OPiKB0bXtxgUBzD6wg/yGpXpze4J+MfnTNqcc3i8uB6+8zHp3K ms9LEBCVn++aXsFmws+hyCOxUNfk40YkhfLNFqABY+ImQS2QKll9H1wFk9OKP/3wRoHYpe 5d6LS76f+02V+L+ggfZOym7ILYhaRrw= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; oc.oops.co.at; auth=pass smtp.auth=oc@oc.oops.co.at smtp.mailfrom=lists@xunil.at Authentication-Results: oc.oops.co.at; auth=pass smtp.auth=oc@oc.oops.co.at smtp.mailfrom=lists@xunil.at X-Archives-Salt: e2cfb68b-8872-4a5a-b702-5804634c8f0a X-Archives-Hash: a2f91dae9b579ab5397ed356e700a9ec On 8/16/19 7:42 PM, Laurence Perkins wrote: > Note that, in my experience at least, binary distros also tend to > break hard if you leave them without updates for a year or more and > then try to bring them current. And they're usually harder to fix > when they do. So make sure that whatever you put in is kept up to > date. > > The stable branch of a good binary distro has a big advantage > there, especially with a snapshottable filesystem, because the > updates can be handed off to a trained monkey, leaving the experts > free for the important stuff. But it's not a magic bullet. If you > don't write good documentation and keep the system up to date > you'll end up in the exact same position a few years down the road > no matter what distro you use. I agree ... there'll be unattended updates automatically and I am monitoring and using that server on a regular base anyway. The goal now is to get a well-known state with less maintenance complexity. I am currently booking my tickets there ;-)