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On 07/01/2015 13:52, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> I am in the process of upgrading an old (~2010) gentoo server. |
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> The customer never wanted updates ... and now he wants ... *sigh* |
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Don't waste your time (you are already experiencing the full reason why). |
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Backup data and configs, reinstall Gentoo, restore data and configs. |
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Downtime? Of course. A few hours. Customer needs to understand he |
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brought this upon himself. |
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Trying to do it in-place will likely takes *days* and fill you with pain |
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and mucho downtime. This list, the forum, and planet are full of horror |
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stories of what it takes to do it and the issues you will run into. |
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Frankly, you do not need to prove you can do it (we know you can), and |
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you have much better things to do with your time (like proper billable |
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hours). |
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It's worth repeating: the customer caused this, he must now feel the |
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pain and not you. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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