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Dirkjan Ochtman posted on Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:21:48 +0200 as excerpted: |
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> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:30, justin <jlec@g.o> wrote: |
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>> To me, it doesn't makes it totally clear that you screw everything when |
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>> rebooting before following the guide. Perhaps this should be made much |
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>> clearer. |
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> Huh? |
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> "After you install these packages, please do not reboot your system |
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> until you follow the upgrade guide located at |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml. |
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> It is important that you follow the guide as soon as possible after |
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> these packages are upgraded. Otherwise, there is a chance that your |
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> system will not reboot properly." |
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> Seem quite clear to me. |
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From my read, while it does actually say it's important, the politeness |
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with which it does so don't well convey the true importance and urgency of |
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the situation. |
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If there's a fire, you don't say "Please, excuse me for interrupting, but |
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there's a fire and at your convenience, please make your way to the |
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exit." Rather, it's "*FIRE*! Please STAY CALM. WALK DON'T RUN. The |
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exit is OVER THERE. Make your way to it IMMEDIATELY!" |
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So more along the lines of: |
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After installing these packages, please DO NOT REBOOT |
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until you follow the upgrade guide located at |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml. |
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If you do not follow the guide as soon as possible after |
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these packages are upgraded and you reboot or crash |
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without doing so, the system will likely fail to |
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boot properly, and you may be looking at some time in |
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manual recovery mode to fix it. |
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Yes, the DO NOT REBOOT is shouting, not exactly polite, |
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but that's arguably what's called for in this situation. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |