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 250171397EF for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66BDAE0877; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:09:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3EA2CE086E for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:09:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSX5p-00073a-5V for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 23:09:49 +0200 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 23:09:49 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 23:09:49 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <55D637E0.3080409@verizon.net> <55D63A78.7040407@gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) 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-Archives-Salt: 5c8e01c8-00de-48a5-a96b-99830c7df135 X-Archives-Hash: bdfec1673a0a0fbacec62312830e74cc On 2015-08-20, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Let me describe what I see. > > This can't be a clusterfuck, as it is affecting only you. No-one else to > my knowledge is reporting problems caused by ncurses. > > So, it is then highly likely that you have a setup that the devs did not > consider, and it is rare (if not unique). > > So, what exactly did you do to fuck your system up this badly? Don;t say > "I ran emerge world" as lots of other people do that without issue. > Before that, perhaps long ago, what did YOU do that caused this current > issue? > > Ranting on the list might make you feel better, but is not likely to fix > your problem. Just saying. In fact, the more you rant and swear and insult people, the fewer people are going to pay attention and try to help. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Are we on STRIKE yet? at gmail.com