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On Sunday, 10 March 2019 01:01:47 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> My apologies for wasting everybody's time. |
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No problem, posting and thinking it through is part of troubleshooting! ;-) |
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We've all been there. |
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> I think that I |
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> misinterpreted https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Layman and did a mix of the |
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> config method for both version 2.1.0 and later as well as versions prior |
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> to 2.1.0 Needless to say, the system was badly confused. |
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> I removed all overlays, unmerged layman, removed all directories/files |
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> related to layman, and the entry in make.conf. Then I did a fresh |
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> install... |
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> emerge layman |
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> layman -S |
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> layman -a palemoon |
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> It works fine now. |
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Retracing one's steps can help identifying mistakes, but the thing with layman |
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is there were a number of overlapping and confusing changes. Given layman is |
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a means to an end, rather than a destination, absorbing oneself in all the |
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config changes is more of an obstacle than part of an enjoyable experience. :p |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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