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On Tuesday 03 February 2004 12:25, Kevyn Shortell wrote: |
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> one thing I forgot to add in favor of a separate stable branch, This |
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> would allow 1 year out of date or older machines, to be able to be |
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> upgraded to the latest versions using emerge -up world. |
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> Currently you cannot easily do this. Too many things have changed both |
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> with portage, and in the profiles. I've tried it 3 times with zero |
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> success, twice on ppc, and once on x86. |
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> It was a very frustrating experience, to say the least. |
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Indeed making sure that the upgrade works is a non-trivial undertaking. |
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Just like indeed updating is a non-trivial undertaking. I have done |
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similar things, and while it is possible to do an in-place upgrade it is |
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indeed non-trivial and not something we should expose users to. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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