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On 16/08/2016 20:04, Mick wrote: |
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> The longest I've taken to update a server was around 6 months - I was planning |
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> to retire it, but plans changed. If anything it tested my memory, because I |
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> came across each and every problem I had come across when I was updating my |
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> other systems in the previous 6 months. ;-) |
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I went three years once. But I got lucky, if you recall portage |
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development speeded up a lot 2 years or so ago and was far less busy |
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before that. I did that update at the tail end of the less busy period. |
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Took about 2 weeks :-) |
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And I did come across all the same problems you mention. I did it mostly |
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to prove to myself I still have what it takes, but it sure wasn't worth |
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it for any other reason. The box gets updated about monthly now - it has |
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a small number of routine arch packages found on a LAN, and updates |
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maybe 20 or so packages a month. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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