From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QMOSo-0002q5-CH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 17:53:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B63301C0A8; Tue, 17 May 2011 17:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6111D1C0A8 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 17:52:23 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.65,226,1304290800"; d="scan'208";a="511085907" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 17 May 2011 18:52:17 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (unknown [192.168.1.101]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0551AA34A for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 18:50:40 +0100 (BST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compare two Gentoo machines - please help From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <4043199.3PZlqtmHYB@localhost> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:52:15 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <1305639755.6511.2@numa-i> <4043199.3PZlqtmHYB@localhost> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: cc70dfbe17e58d5eee07b242bd71686d On 17/5/2011, at 4:52pm, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > ... > What you want to do is: find the bug.=20 Or, y'know: just `emerge -e world` and see if it goes away.=20 I know this is a bit of brute force & ignorance, but: 1) if the bug goes away when you recompile everything then it was a = difficult bug to reproduce, anyway (at least relatively speaking) and = it's not clear how many other people you'll help by understanding and = reporting such a "transient" issue. 2) if the bug persists after recompiling everything then you know that = it's possible to reproduce it, there's a higher possibility that the bug = will affect other people, and you can usefully report it upstream, once = you pin it down. Stroller.