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On Saturday 06 March 2010 20:39:05 Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> On 2010-03-06 1:53 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Saturday 06 March 2010 01:30:38 Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> >> So, again, does anyone know if the new version of lvm2 (with |
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> >> integrated device-mapper) will work ok on the 2.6.23 kernel, or is |
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> >> there a minimum version required? |
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> > Again, this is in the ebuild. You can ignore most of the weird |
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> > details and look for important stuff. Dependencies are in DEPEND, and |
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> > in the case of the latest lvm2, the only important limits are: |
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> > !!sys-fs/device-mapper |
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> >> =sys-apps/util-linux-2.16 |
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> Ok, good, I'm at 2.16.2 - and I guess they're not so scary as I |
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> remembered. I come from a Windows background, and I'm really enjoying |
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> learning linux, but still get a little intimidated sometimes. Next time |
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> I'll look first then ask only if I can't answer it for myself. |
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Most of the stuff in ebuilds makes sense, it usually means what you think when |
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you look at it. |
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> Thanks for not taking my jab personally... |
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No problem, no offense taken. If you work in Unix, you get to grow a thick |
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skin real quick :-) |
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[snip] |
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> > If the box is old, and you have to switch to openrc/baselayout2, |
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> > that's where your troubles are going to happen. |
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> Ok, this is an older install, and I've been pretty good (until now) |
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> about keeping it pretty much up to date. gcc-4.3.4 only went stable on |
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> amd64 4-5 months ago and I don't usually wait this long to switch to it |
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> and rebuild world (I usually wait 1-2 months)... |
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> Baselayout2 is still not stable, so, yes, I'm still on baselayout1, and |
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> now you've gone and made me nervous again. ;) |
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> Are you suggesting I should already be using it?? |
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You are going to have to switch sometime, the day will come when baselayout-2 |
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goes stable. Seeing as you plan a large update anyway, which will have |
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downtime, this would be an ideal opportunity. |
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However, the update is deep and you will be marking a lot of things unstable |
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if you do. On a production machine you might not want to do that. Only you can |
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say if it's a step you are willing to take. On the plus side, baselayout-1 |
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will still work for a very long time to come. |
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When the time to change comes around, set aside an hour or two for the job. |
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It's not a complex change, but many files need to be updated, there's all |
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sorts of things in /etc/rc.conf and /etc/conf.d that must be re-organized and |
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you will want to double check all affected packages. |
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Like I said, it's not complex, and it won't cause you to meet your maker. |
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Everything is well documented, but it is lengthy and tedious and you want to |
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finish it all in one sitting - if for no other reason than if you come back to |
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it later, you won't remember how far you got :-) |
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> > This is a deep change that touches many things with lots of configs |
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> > being updated and things moving around. |
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> Ok, where is the best place to go to start reading/learning about how to |
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> prep for it? |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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