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On 30/01/2017 00:25, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 03:32:22PM -0600, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> I haven't updated my system for over a year (1year and 3-months). |
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>>>> I was trying to upgrade my firefox-bin and I'm already running into problems. |
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>>>> What is my best option, re-install from scratch, upgrade in stages etc. |
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>>>> With firefox-bin I'm getting: |
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>>> |
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>>> 1 year 3 months isn't usually that bad and it can be done - I've done it |
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>>> many times myself. However there are gotchas: |
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>>> […] |
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>>> - go slowly and deal with one block at a time. A regular emerge world |
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>>> probably won't succeed so you gotta bite of small chunks |
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>>> |
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>>> With those basics out the way, it's a great learning experience. I |
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>>> recommend you do it at least once. |
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>> Might I also add, the -t option can reveal what is causing what |
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>> sometimes. |
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> Add --unordered-display to that (I put it into my emerge default options). |
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> It will shrink the output by removing duplicate [nomerge] lines and give you |
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> an easier to understand overview. |
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> A short while ago I updated an old netbook that hadn't seen any action in |
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> probably 2 years. It took a while (I cloned the HDD and compiled on my main |
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> rig), but I prevailed, inlcuding KDE 4 upgrades. |
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>> Also, I'd start with @system first, then work on @world. |
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> I use custom sets (basic tools, system utilities, X stuff, media players |
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> etc) and dealt with one of them at a time, starting with the less intricate |
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> ones. |
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>> Only bad thing is, KDE, if you have it installed, is in @system because |
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>> of dependencies, last I checked anyway. |
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> Uhm, KDE will not become part of @system, but you probably can't update kde |
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> without @system first. Much fun comes from the package renaming from |
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> kde-base to kde-apps, and now KDE4 isn't even in the tree anymore. (The OP |
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> hasn't stated whether he actually uses KDE, though.) |
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KDE isn't IN @system, but gets pulled in if you use --update --deep |
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However, there's a way out. @system is a defined set of packages (about |
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50 or so), not a list of stuff plus all it's deps. So do this: |
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emerge @system |
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That should keep everything except the list of system packages out of |
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the dep graph |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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