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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:43:25
Message-Id: 17870C8C-05B7-41F2-83E7-DA449D49B12C@antarean.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed by Grant Edwards
1 On 15 June 2020 17:49:39 CEST, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >On 2020-06-15, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
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4 >><Snipped lengthy output>
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6 >> With a system that has not been updated for over 3 years, I would
7 >suggest to
8 >> Start from scratch and copy the config across.
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10 >That's definitely, by far, the fastest and easiest way to get to a
11 >working, current system.
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13 >> If you do insist on trying to work through this,
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15 >Which is something many of us have done once just to see if we could.
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17 How do you think I learned that sequence as being the best option?
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20 >It's not something one tends to do a second time. :)
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22 I actually did, as I was not able to boot from rescue media anytime soon. It was a risk to do it by remote and if there had been a power failure in the middle of it, it could have ended in disaster. But I managed it.
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24 That was the 2nd and last time I ever did that. Ever since I schedule in maintenance weekends for the few systems that are critical.
25 (This is at home)
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32 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.