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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Update circle
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:25:44 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=wYCEhfHix5doMYRfBxTo7gR_Eu8dxSN9U==3onySF5RhJGw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180823201824.4c205e0f@tade.bendor.com.au>

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>
> The machine is actually a server, which just sat in a corner doing its
> job perfectly. That's one of the reasons it wasn't updated: if it ain't
> broken, don't fix it.
>

Any system that is not getting software updates is broken to some degree,
just in a subtle way.

Trimming your /var/lib/portage/world file and removing the trimmed packages
can make the update less painful. I sometimes remove non-system packages I
want, then reinstall again later to get through difficult upgrades.

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  reply	other threads:[~2018-08-23 10:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-22  8:24 [gentoo-user] Update circle Zoltán Kócsi
2018-08-22  8:54 ` Corentin “Nado” Pazdera
2018-08-22  9:15   ` Zoltán Kócsi
2018-08-22  9:27     ` Neil Bothwick
2018-08-22  9:42       ` Zoltán Kócsi
2018-08-22 10:11         ` Neil Bothwick
2018-08-22 10:25           ` Arve Barsnes
2018-08-22  9:40   ` Corentin “Nado” Pazdera
2018-08-22  9:18 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-08-22 14:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Nuno Silva
2018-08-23 10:18   ` Zoltán Kócsi
2018-08-23 10:25     ` Adam Carter [this message]
2018-09-01  8:35       ` Wol's lists
2018-09-01  9:39         ` Peter Humphrey
2018-09-01 10:35           ` Wols Lists
2018-09-01 13:24             ` Peter Humphrey
2018-08-23 14:27 ` Grant Edwards
2018-08-31  0:01   ` Taiidan

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