From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F0D139894 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:59:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21C9514231; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f171.google.com (mail-ig0-f171.google.com [209.85.213.171]) (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 EB94914218 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igui7 with SMTP id i7so61483315igu.1 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:59:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=NhgQvNJw/KnrReZOCQ9BseVHmUQygPMIX43pqbsLINg=; b=Yb18TcbHGCrjPmITYaJstpkWR5kznmiSZ/hWGLf8ibI+t+8bpv20/6r7ZZn/5Fmv3v kOGASGyv5t9QON18+mjE9uwX7OgcwF75gzEjL8DlbZjLC19Hg+IAlafbngl74/UF2f51 37I8YhKjh9CaZBSfOmtlngP23bSp6jlnFIWK8ZJhQs0hUUGANp9InATFdhgPX8p3SqEz zDhWylL8VVxpf5aunAEZffA1TpiO9FpViDGLzr3lcvtV8ZSBtlsNQwKZPoEu/9MHusLM /eT0ZMCv4od3Gtn0mbhDhDrgUmAPZgzE9NG7wKm3/9PgIFbXBQtxKDX2gckL4SRlthRO HCyA== 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 X-Received: by 10.50.111.164 with SMTP id ij4mr14036730igb.70.1440424761223; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.103.67 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:59:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150824133959.GB622@apio.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu> References: <87lhd1ig1t.fsf@reader.local.lan> <20150824131744.GA2518@acm.fritz.box> <87h9noizbr.fsf@reader.local.lan> <20150824133959.GB622@apio.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 09:59:21 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: HNZqzCmMLTfgQR4cvNawvjB4FA8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge world looking grim From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: f830b727-25e0-418e-85d8-7f0fffcc9143 X-Archives-Hash: c9a36d59551a24f22dcb93ac38a3c15e On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:35:36AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Alan Mackenzie writes: >> >> > I'd recommend you then just to reinstall. Remembering my fights with >> > stupid error messages from emerge, and so on, I wish I'd just >> > reinstalled months earlier than I did. >> >> Thanks for the frank suggestions and noted lack unix hero >> talk... hehe. > > I personally think that updating glibc and gcc, then continuing with the > rest of the system update is the easiest path forward. You won't lose > your portage config, it will probably be a little bit faster, and it > requires a lot less manual intervention (running a handful of commands > vs. following the handbook).. > Agree. I probably get update issues of this complexity at least annually. I couldn't tell you when I installed my stage3 on this box, but it was a LONG time ago and I'm constantly cleaning up /etc cruft from things being moved around. I would not rush to just reinstall a gentoo box unless you get really stuck, or this is part of a configuration management workflow (which I fully encourage - there is something to be said for blowing away your install and reinstalling every time you do a package update, just to demonstrate that you're able to do it from a disaster-recovery standpoint). -- Rich