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On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 00:27 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 20:45 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> >> Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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... trim ... |
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> > The minimal system should be quicker and simpler to update than a crufty |
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> > system - and if you have to update much of gnome and the like, |
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> > updating/reinstalling might take longer than building from scratch |
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> > anyway (going by my last update to gnome :) |
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> > BillK |
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> I should also add that I use KDE. So, updating all that takes time plus |
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> if there are packages with "issues" then that adds to the grief. It |
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> appears that it depends on just what you have installed. If it is a |
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> bare system, then it may not be to bad. If it is a full blown KDE like |
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> mine, then that could take a really long while. Of course, portage has |
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> been a lot better at handling blocks here lately too. There are |
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> exceptions and they always confuse the heck out of me but it is a lot |
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> better. That should shorten the update time for a lot of packages. |
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> Maybe a 'emerge -ep world | genlop -p' would be in order here. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Thats why I think removing gnome (or kde) is a good idea - replace with |
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a lightweight desktop so you still have the required functionality. it |
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is for emergency use after all. I find that building from scratch is |
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usually less of a problem than large updates as blocks and problems seem |
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to occur less often. So it is feasable to spend overnight installing |
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gnome/kde if need be as you still have a usable system in the meantime - |
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may not be as nice as kde, but it will still get the job done. |
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