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On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Gregory Woodbury wrote: |
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> > On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk |
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> > <mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk>> wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 28 May 2016 21:54:09 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > > thanks a lot. My eyes are bleeding. |
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> > Serves you right for being daft enough to read it again! |
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> > I'd suggest that Alan RTFM for the commands he uses, but that |
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> > would be a |
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> > waste of keystrokes. |
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> > I have to agree with ng0 |
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> > WOW! |
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> > Alan just wants to start it and walk away, as if Gentoo was a binary |
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> > distribution |
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> > that handles it all upstream. He doesn't want to take the time to |
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> > review what |
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> > emerge is proposing and see if changes are needed first. |
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> You know what? fuck you. That's what. |
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You really shouldn't say things like that. Some might consider it |
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harassment, and others |
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might take you up on the offer; you never can tell. |
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> The update list it's proposing is 403 packages, or roughly 25% of my |
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> system. |
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What the...? |
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Do you have every package there is installed? The worst updates I have seen |
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are only 40-50 packages. 403 being 25% implies around 1600 - 1700 packages. |
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Actually that seems about right, but why are you getting that many updates? |
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You |
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may have maladjusted USE flags or keywords to make portage think that many |
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need an update. I'm running with ~amd64 set and I check updates once a day. |
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> > Hey Alan: Gentoo is NOT a start an update and walk away setup. Some human |
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> > mind needs to be involved if troubles arise. Also, read make.conf(5) |
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> > and set up |
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> > the various variables correctly; PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET should only have |
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> > one python version set. |
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> DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK I'M THAT STUPID??? SERIOUSLY???? |
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The output from the script that Dale re-posted clearly shows emerge |
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complaining |
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about PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET being wrong for a dependency expression |
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in the ebuild involved. That speaks for itself. |
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> Furthermore, the current portage doesn't require the revdep-rebuild |
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> > step because |
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> > of the @preserved-rebuild set creation. |
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> That missfeature is incompatible with how I use my system. I have not |
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> reformatted my hard drive in six years. |
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What does reformatting a hard drive have to do with it? I have an |
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installation that |
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has been running on one partition since 2011, when I had to build a new |
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computer |
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system after a flood. It does look like I'm going to do a reinstall for |
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KDE5 Plasma |
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because too much KDE4 stuff hanging around seems to make the desktop |
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unstable. It might take a few hours to do that. |
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> The principle way I accomplish that is by prohibiting the growth of |
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> cruft in the system. I cannot tolerate the accumulation of back versions |
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> anywhere in the system except where absolutely necessary. So if it is |
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> possible to re-build broken packages against new versions, I demand that |
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> take place |
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> as quickly as possible such that the system is left in the most pristine |
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> and self-consistent state possible. --- secret of immortality, dude. =\ |
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> Gentoo used to be superlatively excellent at that. |
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> > In any case, to try and force things through without looking at what |
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> > problems are occuring |
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> > is just (excuse my language) batshit crazy stupid. |
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> You |
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> dumb. |
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> shit. |
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> You literally have no fucking clue do you? |
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You have no idea... |
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I have been using UNIX and UNIX-like systems since 1977. I've been involved |
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in UNIX and Linux for 40 years. I've written drivers, scripts, init systems |
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and lots |
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of other stuff, some of which is still hanging around yet. |
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I guess it tickles your fancy to tell people who know more than you that |
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they |
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don't have a "clue" when it is clear that you are ignoring the advice and |
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guidance |
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they are offering. |
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Others in this thread have offered advice and commentary, clearly explaining |
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why your methods are out-of-whack. But I do like watching the logs and |
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builds |
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scroll by -- one does learn some interesting interactions occasionally. |
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[For example: |
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don't build virtualbox with more than -j2 because there is a missing |
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dependency in |
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the Makefile.] For long builds, tailing or lessing the logfiles are easy, |
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and can be |
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done in another tab of the terminal program. I also have keep-going in my |
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default |
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Emerge options, along with --ask and --verbose; but when a build falters I |
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can |
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go look at the saved logfile and see exactly what went wrong, and usually |
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figure out |
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how to fix it. Most of the time is is a USE flag mixup, and occasionally a |
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missing |
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RDEPEND or DEPEND -- those get reported on Bugzilla. |
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I add a fair number of USE flags to the profile via make.conf, but some |
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don't belong |
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there, but rather in package.use. I take advantage of the ability for |
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package.use to |
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be a directory, and place package specific USE flags in appropriately named |
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files |
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within that directory. Interestingly, the KDE5 Plasma re-install (which is |
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almost done) |
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has fewer package specific flags than KDE4. [I prefer KDE and its |
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flexibility to the |
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"this is what we say you will use" attitude of GNOME. Also, I keep an LXDE |
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and XFCE |
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setup in the mix, just to remain flexible.] |
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But I am sure you don't care that I don't have the problems you have, even |
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if I am |
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using the same basic tools. It seems that you would rather whine and |
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complain |
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that the tool is at fault, instead of heeding the advice that you are not |
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using it |
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correctly. Would you also chop firewood with the broadside of an ax? |
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G.Wolfe Woodbury |
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redwolfe@×××××.com |