Gentoo Archives: gentoo-announce

From: gentoo-announce-admin@××××××××××.org
To: gentoo-announce@××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-announce] New Gentoo Linux/Portage Releases
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:50:11
Message-Id: 20011020105011.E19854@cvs.gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-announce] New Gentoo Linux/Portage Releases by gentoo-announce-admin@cvs.gentoo.org
1 On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 10:09:13PM +0200, gentoo-announce-admin@××××××××××.org wrote:
2 > Is there anything that can't be had by upgrading packages? How safe is it to
3 > remerge a newer baselayout?
4
5 If you merge the latest Portage first and then upgrade your packages (like
6 baselayout), you should be fine. You'll need to find all the ._cfg????* files
7 in /etc and upgrade your in-place files. For people who don't know what I'm
8 talking about, type "emerge --help config".
9
10 Best Regards,
11
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13 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
14 Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org
15 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.