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Dale wrote: |
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> Basically, take the advice from some people who have been doing this |
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> for years or continue along the path that you have proven doesn't work. |
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I've got more years on gentoo that most of you. Indeed, my home |
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directory probably has detritus in it dating back to 2004. |
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I only joined this list a few months ago because emerge was starting to |
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cause problems, which have only gotten worse with subsequent updates. |
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I am speaking from many years of experience with weekly updates when I |
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tell you that ubuntu-style "update everything while I go play Space |
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Invaders" (Or Kerbal Space Program) absolutely does work unless emerge |
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decides to get stupid and look for excuses not to do what you asked it |
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to. The problem is absolutely not the individual e-builds, most of them |
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are stunningly reliable. The problem is that Emerge isn't even giving |
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them a chance to do their work. =| This is not the way it used to be, |
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this is a new set of checks that have been implemented recently that's |
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really fucking me up. |
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IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. |
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