Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another plan for /usr and udev-181
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:41:28
Message-Id: 20120414073924.490fcb45@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Another plan for /usr and udev-181 by felix@crowfix.com
1 On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:44:37 -0700, felix@×××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > 6. Merge udev-181 and whatever else is needed.
4 >
5 > 7. Cross my fingers, sacrifice a virtual goat, and try a reboot.
6 >
7 > Somewhere between 6 and 7 is the worst part; no simple way to revert
8 > and retry. Everything up til then should require no more than a
9 > simple /etc/fstab edit.
10 >
11 > Is there any way to add more steps between 6 and 7 to allow more
12 > reversability?
13
14 Create a binary package for the old udev, then you can boot from a live
15 CD, chroot in and emerge the old version. If the breakage is too bad for
16 even that, you can even untar the package into the root directory.
17
18
19 --
20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 Of course it's not your day,

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