Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] another old box to update
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:13:20
Message-Id: 20150107121312.3bd8989d@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] another old box to update by Tomas Mozes
1 On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:01:34 +0100, Tomas Mozes wrote:
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3 > Try to fetch some older portage snapshots
4 > http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/snapshots/ and update in steps, not as a 4
5 > year giant leap. Try to fetch snapshot 2011, then upgrade, then 2012,
6 > upgrade... It takes more time, but it should work.
7
8 It may be quicker to backup the data and configs and start a fresh
9 install. Five years is a long time for any server to go without updates,
10 ${DEITY} knows what has happened to it in that time.
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13 --
14 Neil Bothwick
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16 Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are mentally ill.
17 Check three friends. If they're OK, you're it.

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