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From: n952162@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 22:41:48
Message-Id: trinity-acff89a4-8dd8-4b7f-b9c4-24d5fb390e73-1559169691003@3c-app-webde-bs61
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too) by Dale
1 > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:20 Uhr
2 > Von: "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
3 > I've done upgrades that skip quite a ways using make oldconfig.  I've
4 > never had any issues.  If it were me, I'd just make the jump but make
5 > sure to keep the old kernel around just in case something doesn't work. 
6 > At least that way one can boot it and fix it.
7
8 good idea!
9 Is the kernel enough? Don't you have to have the initrd, and the modules list and all the modules and and and?
10
11
12 > ...  Switch to the
13 > new17.1 profile, run emerge -puDN world and see if the changes look OK. 
14 > If you don't like or it breaks something, switch to 17.0 and run emerge
15 > -puDN world and see what it looks like.  Pick the one that you feel
16 > safest with.  ...
17
18 I haven't a clue what unsafe is...

Replies

Subject Author
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too) Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too) Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>