| 1 |
On 06/24/2009 03:06 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
| 2 |
>[...] |
| 3 |
> Am I hosed again? Did updating portage break my machine by removing |
| 4 |
> what I was just using: |
| 5 |
> [...] |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> Is xorg-server-1.1.1 completely gone and I'm hosed? I'm not finding it |
| 8 |
> on my my machine. The only variations on that theme seem to be in |
| 9 |
> /var/db/pkg. No tar files, just other programming junk. |
| 10 |
> |
| 11 |
> I absolutely HATE this about portage. Update your machine just |
| 12 |
> thinking about trying a new piece of software and then find you cannot |
| 13 |
> immediately go back. Gentoo was supposed to be about choice. Seems |
| 14 |
> it's not about my choice anymore. Bummer. |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
I hate to say this, but if you have a machine that you don't keep up to |
| 17 |
date by doing full updates at least each month or two, then Gentoo is |
| 18 |
*not* for you because Gentoo simply lacks the notion of "stable". |
| 19 |
"Stable" refers to package versions, not system stability. Gentoo is |
| 20 |
never "stable" in that sense like other distros that offer "stable" |
| 21 |
releases. Something like Debian stable should be more appropriate and |
| 22 |
far more easier to keep operational for machines like that. |
Archives