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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: "Stéphane Guedon" <stephane@××××××××××.eu>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: what's going on with updates ?
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:11:49
Message-Id: 201009132211.34780.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: what's going on with updates ? by "Stéphane Guedon"
1 Apparently, though unproven, at 20:37 on Monday 13 September 2010, Stéphane
2 Guedon did opine thusly:
3
4 > On Monday 13 September 2010 20:28:07 J. Roeleveld wrote:
5 > > On Monday 13 September 2010 20:15:24 Stéphane Guedon wrote:
6 > > > On Monday 13 September 2010 21:06:48 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
7 > > > > On 09/13/2010 09:15 AM, Stéphane Guedon wrote:
8 > > > > > Since few days ( two or three ?), every time I launch emerge,
9 > > > > > it's
10 > > > > > saying me it needs an update of portage itself.
11 > > > > > In plus, I have upgraded udev at least two times (160>161>162
12 > > > > > today)...
13 > > > > >
14 > > > > > Plus, I have had two warning message concerning updates : sudo
15 > > > > > and an
16 > > > > > other...
17 > > > > >
18 > > > > > what's going on ? Is somebody founding security holes "à la
19 > > > > > pelle"
20 > > > > > (french expression).
21 > > > >
22 > > > > emerge -al1 portage
23 > > > >
24 > > > > (Note the "l" option.)
25 > > >
26 > > > today, one more ! portage to the 2.1.9.4 if I remember exactly !
27 > >
28 > > Do you have "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS" set to something starting with a "~..."?
29 > >
30 > > If yes, then you can expect regular updates to further "unstable"
31 > > versions.
32 > >
33 > > --
34 > > Joost
35 >
36 > yes, of course... but... one release per day ? strange isn't it ?
37
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39 You are no a software developer, right?
40
41 Zac fixes one bug a day.
42 You get one update a day.
43
44 How is this unusual? Note I say "unusual" not "unfamiliar to you"
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48 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com