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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:46:18 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> >> One of the major deficiencies of Gentoo is |
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> >> that it doesn't provide such a file automatically. |
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> > emerge -p @system |
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> > emerge -p @world |
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> root:501 ~> emerge -p @system |
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> !!! '@system' is not a valid package atom. |
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> !!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details. |
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> root:502 ~> emerge -p @world |
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> !!! '@world' is not a valid package atom. |
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> !!! Please check ebuild(5) for full details. |
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> 'man 5 ebuild' has nothing relevant to '@' 'system' 'world' '-p'. |
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> I'm using the latest stable Portage-2.1.6.3 . |
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> Any further advice ? |
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Sets are not available in stable portage but have been working well in |
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testing for over a year. |
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> Let me emphasise yet again: the way I do things has been successful |
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> on 2 machines for more than 6 years; it's others who have problems |
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> doing it their way & regularly seek advice on this list as a result. |
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That doesn't mean it would work for others, especially if they followed |
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your advice and messed up their world file. Your way basically consists |
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of treating portage with a great deal of mistrust and keeping paper |
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records of everything you permit it to do, after laboriously checking |
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what it tells you it wants to do. |
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Plenty of people let portage get on with the job it is supposed to do |
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without any significant breakage. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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You are about to give someone a piece of your mind, |
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something you can ill afford... |
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