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From: nunojsilva@×××××××.pt
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: I guess it is time to update udev from 171-r10 to 197-r8...
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:18:21
Message-Id: 87y5dldstf.fsf@ist.utl.pt
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] I guess it is time to update udev from 171-r10 to 197-r8... by Tanstaafl
1 On 2013-03-17, Tanstaafl wrote:
2
3 > On 2013-03-17 2:17 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:46:39 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> Also, should I manually fix the blockers:
7 >>>
8 >>>> [blocks B ] sys-apps/module-init-tools
9 >>>> ("sys-apps/module-init-tools" is blocking sys-apps/kmod-12-r1)
10 >>>> [blocks B ] sys-apps/kmod ("sys-apps/kmod" is blocking
11 >>>> sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.16-r2)
12 >>>
13 >>> by doing "emerge -C module-init-tools && emerge kmod" *before*
14 >>> upgrading udev?
15 >>
16 >> No, because that adds kmod to world. Just unmerge module-init-tools and
17 >> then emerge world, letting portage install what it needs
18 >
19 > Ah, ok... but as for the rest... I should be able to safely upgrade
20 > udev, with a reasonable (I know there are no guarantees) expectation
21 > of everything 'just working' (ie, my lvm managed /usr partition
22 > shouldn't be an issue like it would have been earlier on in this
23 > process)?
24
25 From what I know (no LVM experience here), if you had it working with
26 171, it will work with a newer udev. There were no changes regarding how
27 stuff from /usr is used between 171 and the newer udevs.
28
29 --
30 Nuno Silva (aka njsg)
31 http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/

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