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On Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:41:37 PM Alan Grimes wrote: |
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> Dale wrote: |
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> > Basically, take the advice from some people who have been doing this |
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> > for years or continue along the path that you have proven doesn't work. |
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> I've got more years on gentoo that most of you. Indeed, my home |
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> directory probably has detritus in it dating back to 2004. |
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And haven't learned a few basic skills since? |
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> I only joined this list a few months ago because emerge was starting to |
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> cause problems, which have only gotten worse with subsequent updates. |
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Hmm.... 12 equals a few? |
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By that logic, you only have been using Gentoo for a few years... |
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> I am speaking from many years of experience with weekly updates when I |
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> tell you that ubuntu-style "update everything while I go play Space |
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> Invaders" (Or Kerbal Space Program) absolutely does work unless emerge |
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> decides to get stupid and look for excuses not to do what you asked it |
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> to. The problem is absolutely not the individual e-builds, most of them |
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> are stunningly reliable. The problem is that Emerge isn't even giving |
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> them a chance to do their work. =| This is not the way it used to be, |
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> this is a new set of checks that have been implemented recently that's |
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> really fucking me up. |
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Portage has become a lot more stable in the past couple of years compared to |
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when I first started. |
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Even the messages about what the problems are have become easier to read. |
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For the "difficult" changes, the upgrade guides the devs create are very clear |
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and easy to follow. |
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Have you actually TRIED to learn how to use the tools provided? Or are you the |
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kind of person that will happily use a rock to hammer in a screw? |
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