From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone got any older Portage snapshots kicking around?
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:44:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BDA69FE4-B190-4E3A-BAB5-9F431C6092DE@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1484817.Z16Qxe3Gr5@localhost>
On 16 July 2011, at 22:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> ...
> deinstall everything you don't need to install the rest. Then update that base
> system. Afterwards install all the stuff you need.
>
> The less packages installed, the easier the update.
Excellent point! Thank you.
I think once or twice when I did this before I spent time messing around with jpeg libraries, which are not necessary to upgrade a compiler + base system.
Stroller.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-17 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-16 16:53 [gentoo-user] Anyone got any older Portage snapshots kicking around? Stroller
2011-07-16 18:11 ` Michael Orlitzky
2011-07-17 14:12 ` Stroller
2011-07-16 18:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-07-16 21:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-07-17 14:40 ` Stroller
2011-07-16 19:14 ` Mark Knecht
2011-07-17 14:41 ` Stroller
2011-07-16 20:57 ` James Cloos
2011-07-17 14:42 ` Stroller
2011-07-16 21:00 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-07-17 14:44 ` Stroller [this message]
2011-07-16 23:22 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-07-17 14:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-07-17 20:42 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-07-17 23:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-07-20 9:03 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-07-20 14:08 ` Stroller
2011-07-20 11:20 ` Thanasis
2011-07-20 14:09 ` Stroller
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