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On 26/12/2016 20:24, lee wrote: |
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> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> writes: |
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>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 8:52 PM, lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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>>> I didn't see portage or anything else give me any instructions or |
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>>> warnings about this. The names just suddenly changed, and that screwed |
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>>> things up. |
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>> https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2013-03-29-udev-upgrade.html |
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>> This shows up in eselect news list (and so on), and portage will tell |
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> I never use that because I find it very awkward. Why doesn't portage |
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> just send me the news by email? |
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It will if you set it up that way. It's not a default because portage |
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doesn't know your email address (unless you want to deliver mail locally |
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to root's mbox) |
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>> you when you have unread news items. Note that it only shows up if |
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>> you have <udev-201 installed, but all news is in that repository. |
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>> Generally you want to read those BEFORE you go installing packages, |
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>> since it may pertain to a package you're about to update. |
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> Updating usually affects over 200 packages. What's a good way to read |
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> the news in advance? |
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I think you are conflating news with something else, perhaps elogs. Rich |
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means to run "eselect news list". |
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Alan McKinnon |
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