From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9552F15802E for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 03:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED64F2BC031; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 03:54:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from covici.com (debian-2.covici.com [166.84.7.93]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB9752BC018 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 03:54:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (ccs.covici.com [70.109.51.194]) (authenticated bits=0) by covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-22) with ESMTPSA id 4623uAPL1569926 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:56:11 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.17.1.9/8.17.1.9) with ESMTPS id 4623sdWP1103916 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:54:39 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccs.covici.com; s=default; t=1719892479; bh=6ZZUftyXGJKfm3bRcj8cj0SxuVbYmrel9O1sgKDIeZw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To; b=nf7Ei/aAU1ccjW5vDPsKzxJCF8Y9Wc9UesD8mR9Gwr1Jdm8z1dQWKvJmKveb9E0cD uLpjEou7zwgT/OIT3t5VNkXPe5XxSdi4EGD+GVwjFhgwoGgdembyIzjpF/L3ABGnje EEKIiUIk1z+k9jDWvFJn1kHoRM07Rlmwtn9CyDpU= Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.17.1.9/8.17.1/Submit) id 4623sZGU1103915; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:54:35 -0400 Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 23:54:35 -0400 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] world upgrade a mess, need some advise In-Reply-To: <4cc39d97-003d-4719-bf2b-5cfd31e94693@youngman.org.uk> References: <3306503.44csPzL39Z@rogueboard> <4cc39d97-003d-4719-bf2b-5cfd31e94693@youngman.org.uk> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM-LB/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL-LB/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/29.3 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Organization: Covici Computer Systems 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 61fbbd38-a827-43d2-8dbb-3b9e9fbff272 X-Archives-Hash: dfd5d624cb2ebe3018a74a5428861cf3 On Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:16:11 -0400, Wol wrote: >=20 > On 01/07/2024 20:27, John Covici wrote: > >> I seem to recall having to run that during that upgrade as well.=A0 It > >> reinstalled a lot of packages but it worked.=A0 It's worth trying for = sure. > >>=20 > > But don't you do that after the upgrade -- I can't even start the > > upgrade, so how would perl-cleaner help? >=20 > Trust me it does! >=20 > You have a bunch of old perl scripts, one (or more) of which are > blocking the upgrade. perl-cleaner will upgrade them to the > latest version compatible with your current perl, which then > frees up the perl upgrade. Make sure you run perl-cleaner again > afterwards, to ensure you have the absolute latest version of all > these extra bits. In fact, you should really run perl-cleaner > after every "emerge --update". Most people most of the time > either forget or don't realise ... >=20 > Don't forget, if I've got it right, perl and CPAN predate linux, > so if there's an argument about who needs to change, perl simply > says "I was here first, you have to do it *my* way". >=20 > Cheers, > Wol >=20 I ran perl-cleaner and it is going right now -- installing perl itself and lots of others -- thanks a lot people. --=20 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com