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On Saturday 01 March 2008 02:08:44 Duncan wrote: |
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> Is direct upgrade from previous baselayout-2.0.0-rcX going to be |
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> supported? |
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Existing configs should work just fine - with the exception of the modules |
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config. It's been moved to /etc/conf.d/modules instead of |
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the /etc/modules.autoload.d folder. There is no automated migration as |
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complex setups would go wrong. |
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> I was running that for some time and just now added and |
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> upgraded to the via layman version. There's a blocker, of course, as |
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> openrc is now providing most of the files that baselayout did. |
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> The problem is that unmerging the old 2.0.0-rcX baselayout in ordered to |
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> resolve the blockage is SCARY, since it leaves the system basically |
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> unbootable until the new setup is merged and at least basically |
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> configured. There's also the issue of not knowing for sure just what's |
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> going to still be around in terms of config files and the like, since |
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> unmerging baselayout isn't exactly an everyday thing. |
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> FWIW, I took the jump anyway, and the etc-update seemed to go reasonably |
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> well, but I've not rebooted yet... |
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As others pointed out, this is a package manager issue and those blockers are |
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there because of this. Not an OpenRC issue as such ;) |
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Thanks |
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Roy |
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