[gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.5 update/old kernel+old fglrx

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

On 06/24/2009 03:06 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>[...]
> Am I hosed again? Did updating portage break my machine by removing
> what I was just using:
> [...]
>
> Is xorg-server-1.1.1 completely gone and I'm hosed? I'm not finding it
> on my my machine. The only variations on that theme seem to be in
> /var/db/pkg. No tar files, just other programming junk.
>
> I absolutely HATE this about portage. Update your machine just
> thinking about trying a new piece of software and then find you cannot
> immediately go back. Gentoo was supposed to be about choice. Seems
> it's not about my choice anymore. Bummer.

I hate to say this, but if you have a machine that you don't keep up to 
date by doing full updates at least each month or two, then Gentoo is 
*not* for you because Gentoo simply lacks the notion of "stable". 
"Stable" refers to package versions, not system stability.  Gentoo is 
never "stable" in that sense like other distros that offer "stable" 
releases.  Something like Debian stable should be more appropriate and 
far more easier to keep operational for machines like that.