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On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 05:51:49PM +0100, Thomas Deutschmann wrote: |
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> On 2021-11-03 17:44, John Helmert III wrote: |
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> >> | Upgrade path for old systems |
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> >> | ---------------------------- |
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> >> | Vote (unanimous): The ebuild tree must provide an upgrade path to a |
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> >> | stable system that hasn't been updated for one year. |
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> > Does "upgrade path" imply a simple world upgrade is all that should be |
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> > necessary to upgrade the system? I wouldn't interpret it this way. |
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> Could you please share your interpretation? I wonder how you can agree |
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> on an upgrade path but still require manually hacking to get a system |
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> up-to-date. That is basically the definition of "upgrade path"... |
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Sure. An "upgrade path" to me sounds like not just a world update, but |
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also includes other stuff that might be necessary to get a system |
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fully updated, like temporarily setting PYTHON_TARGETS to upgrade a |
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package. |
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A system without an upgrade path would seem to be a system where there |
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is no way to upgrade it without reinstalling, which you seem to be |
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asserting is the case for this system. |
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13:36 <@Whissi> Nice. Due to some people rushing to EAPI8 and remove old ebuilds they broke the guarantee to update systems at least once a year again. Congratulations! http://dpaste.com/AD87YKY62 |
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13:36 <+sam_> your issue is to do with python targets changing: PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_8" emerge -v1 portage should work |
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13:37 <@Whissi> As you can see, it doesn't work. |
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13:37 <+sam_> that's not what you ran though? |
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13:37 <+sam_> see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Sam/Portage_help/Upgrading_Portage#Solution |
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13:37 <@Whissi> http://dpaste.com/7RYRJD72H |
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13:38 <+sam_> you're not forcing the old PYTHON_TARGETS? |
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13:39 <@Whissi> No, http://dpaste.com/7V727USW4 |
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13:39 <+sam_> but i'm saying you should |
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13:39 <+sam_> (not that you should _have_ to) |
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13:39 <+sam_> temporarily do it once on the command line |
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13:39 <+sam_> it is enough to get portage upgraded |
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13:39 <+sam_> we do it often in #gentoo |
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Based on this snippet from #gentoo-mozilla, it does seem like there is |
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a way forward for this system. |
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