Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge world looking grim

[wraeth]

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On 24/08/15 23:59, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel
> <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:35:36AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> I'd recommend you then just to reinstall.  Remembering my
>>>> fights with stupid error messages from emerge, and so on, I
>>>> wish I'd just reinstalled months earlier than I did.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the frank suggestions and noted lack unix hero
>>> talk... hehe.
>>
>> I personally think that updating glibc and gcc, then continuing
>> with the rest of the system update is the easiest path forward.
>> You won't lose your portage config, it will probably be a little
>> bit faster, and it requires a lot less manual intervention
>> (running a handful of commands vs. following the handbook)..
>>
>
> Agree. I probably get update issues of this complexity at least
> annually.  I couldn't tell you when I installed my stage3 on this
> box, but it was a LONG time ago and I'm constantly cleaning up /etc
> cruft from things being moved around.
>
> I would not rush to just reinstall a gentoo box unless you get
> really stuck, or this is part of a configuration management
> workflow (which I fully encourage - there is something to be said
> for blowing away your install and reinstalling every time you do a
> package update, just to demonstrate that you're able to do it from
> a disaster-recovery standpoint).
>

+1

There's also the fact that working through conflicts like this is also
an educational experience in itself, making it easier for the next time.

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wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>
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