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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage blockage gnome-control-center vs gnome-media
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:33:52
Message-Id: 13699215.GWIA95SEgq@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] portage blockage gnome-control-center vs gnome-media by Alan McKinnon
1 Am Montag 15 August 2011, 19:25:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon:
2 > On Mon 15 August 2011 11:33:02 Paul Hartman did opine thusly:
3 > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Alan McKinnon
4 >
5 > <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
6 > > > That caught me out a few times too. I put these commands into a
7 > > > bash alias:
8 > > >
9 > > > emerge --sync
10 > > > layman -S
11 > > > eix-update
12 > > >
13 > > > and use that to sync portage. That way I don't leave steps out.
14 > >
15 > > Congratulations, you reinvented the "eix-sync" command. :)
16 >
17 > You caught me out :-)
18 >
19 > There was a reason (a good one) why I did that several years ago, but
20 > for the life of me I can't think what it was.
21
22 if eix-sync fails with one of the overlays, all fails.
23 if one overlay fails doing it step by step you can do all the other stuff
24 without worrying about it.
25
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Re: [gentoo-user] portage blockage gnome-control-center vs gnome-media Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>