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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review; r1] amd64 17.1 profiles are now stable
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 11:30:34
Message-Id: 3453c50be0a9db87aee3e41650a0c0c822203d91.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review; r1] amd64 17.1 profiles are now stable by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, 2019-05-19 at 19:40 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > 3. Install the tool:
3 >
4 > # emerge -1v app-portage/unsymlink-lib
5 >
6 > 4. Run 'unsymlink-lib --analyze' and check the output for obvious
7 > mistakes. If you need to perform any changes to the system, remember
8 > to run 'unsymlink-lib --analyze' again afterwards.
9 >
10 > [past this point do not call emerge or modify /usr manually]
11 >
12 > 5. This is a very good time to make a backup.
13 >
14 > 6. Run 'unsymlink-lib --migrate'. You can add '--pretend' first to see
15 > what is going to happen.
16 >
17 > 7. Reboot your system. Check if important programs work.
18 > In particular, verify that e.g. 'emerge --info' works (but do not
19 > install anything). If you hit any serious problems, you can use
20 > 'unsymlink-lib --rollback' to revert the changes and return to
21 > step 3.
22
23 I've been pinged on IRC that this should be 'step 4'. I've corrected
24 this locally. I'll resend the whole thing if there are any other
25 changes requested.
26
27 --
28 Best regards,
29 Michał Górny

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