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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] another old box to update
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:53:15
Message-Id: 54AD2C31.9010005@xunil.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] another old box to update by Neil Bothwick
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4 Am 07.01.2015 um 13:13 schrieb Neil Bothwick:
5 > On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:01:34 +0100, Tomas Mozes wrote:
6 >
7 >> Try to fetch some older portage snapshots
8 >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/snapshots/ and update in steps, not
9 >> as a 4 year giant leap. Try to fetch snapshot 2011, then upgrade,
10 >> then 2012, upgrade... It takes more time, but it should work.
11 >
12 > It may be quicker to backup the data and configs and start a fresh
13 > install. Five years is a long time for any server to go without
14 > updates, ${DEITY} knows what has happened to it in that time.
15
16 Sure, I know. I always hesitate to do that ... although I have
17 up-to-date installations at hand (as images or VMs).
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19 The box is quite remote from me ... and they don't accept much or any
20 downtime (and they work with their files on the samba-shares while I
21 hack around ... )
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23 I am fighting my way through all the conflicts now ... should I force
24 glibc with "--nodeps" or is it a bad idea?
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26 ;-)
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28 (util-linux doesn't install ... and I think it needs a fresh glibc)
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