Re: [gentoo-user] Masking udev to postpone the update

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2012, 21:44:53 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
> On Sun, Mar 18 2012, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 18 2012, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:14:48 -0700
> >>
> >> Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
> >>> I will update to the new world order, but would very much prefer to
> >>> postpone that for a few weeks.  Is it enough to put
> >>>
> >>> >sys-fs/udev-171-r5
> >>>
> >>> in /etc/portage/package.mask  ?
> >>>
> >>>=sys-fs/udev-181
> >>>
> >> would be better. Rather mask the first version that causes issues and
> >> all subsequent versions. With your suggestions, there may be
> >> future updates between 171 and 181 (without initrd issues) that you
> >> want, but you can't use them as you masked them.
> >
> > Done, thanks.  Thank you volker as well.
> >
> > allan
>
> I am now unable to update world
>
>     Total: 26 packages (20 upgrades, 3 new, 1 in new slot, 2 reinstalls, 1
> uninstall), Size of downloads: 604,681 kB Conflict: 3 blocks
>
>     The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
>     #required by sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5-r3[acl], required by
> net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r5, required by
> net-im/empathy-3.2.2[networkmanager], required by
> gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.2.1, required by gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1,
> required by @selected, required by @world (argument) =sys-fs/udev-9999 **
>
>     The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
>     #required by sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5-r3[acl], required by
> net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r5, required by
> net-im/empathy-3.2.2[networkmanager], required by
> gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.2.1, required by gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1,
> required by @selected, required by @world (argument) #
> /etc/portage/package.mask:
>     =sys-fs/udev-9999
>
> This does not surprise me.
>
> I still would like to wait until the semester is over before trying
> dracut as I assume there is a significant chance of an unbootable
> system.  I could just do nothing now and, in late May, try dracut, unmask
> udev, and update world.  If the world update is very hard after the long
> wait.  I could reinstall.
>
> I was wondering if the following alternate procedure is safe.  The hope
> would be to have few enough packages not updated so that when I do try
> dracut and unmask udev, an update world will eventually succeed.
>
> 1. Try emerge update world
>
> 2. Note a few of the packages that would have been updated,
>    say A, B, and C
>
> 3. emerge -1 --ask  A B C
>    If no problems are reported, say yes to the --ask
>
> 4. Repeat
>
> thanks,
> allan

I don't use gnome (kde!) and I don't use networkcrapperdicrap. 

So masking everything above -170 was absolutely painless for me.

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