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On Saturday 11 April 2015 21:27:39 Alan Grimes wrote: |
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> Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > Why don't you just start again from scratch, following the official docs? |
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> > You don't need to override every little setting; portage knows best, just |
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> > like your Ma. Use the force... |
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> Well, emptytree world seems to be working so far, the official diagnosis |
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> is a long-forgotten hack of a work-around to a problem that I must have |
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> been dealing with more than two years ago. |
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The only snag will be finding and removing all those ancient files lying around |
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and maybe confusing you in, e.g., /etc. That's why I suggested a clean start. |
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Actually, I think there's another reason to prefer a clean start: if it's over |
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two years since you played with the system, going through the installation |
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process again would be a good refresher. You could even be a tester of the new |
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documents. ;) |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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