Posts by mmarkin

Quote: Originally Posted by c0bblers Had a brainwave on why it didn't list fluxbox et. al on the list there, I don't think equery picked them up due to virtual packages. Because gentoo's been set up to allow the use of...

Quote: Originally Posted by c0bblers Yeah that'd get rid of anything that X depended on but nothing else does. The problem is that anything that depends on X will still be around so the next time you run emerge update...

Hey Seablade, sorry I missed your thread. As c0bblers suggested, equery comes in very useful. I would: 0) Make sure your world file is "clean". I.e. make sure that only things that you explicitly wanted to install are in...

I run etc-update and look at each diff that it can not resolve automatically (i.e. non-trivial merges). Based on what I see, I either let it rip (i.e. files I know I've never touched myself) or keep the old config (and possibly make...

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub That's why I think something like mmarkin's script is a good idea. When it does happen, they usually have updated packages available the next day. That is an important...

To add GLSA checking, add this after "emerge_sync >> $tempfile" in the script above: Quote: Originally Posted by EDIT: Patched the script above.

Precisely

Unlike troymc, I take the more conservative approach. I don't even let the system upgrade the packages automatically, let alone do depclean. I have a cron job with the following script running every night at...

Murphy's Law of Gentoo installation: If a compile can fail, it will. MacGillicuddy's Corollary: At the most inopportune time. -- Courtesy of kimchi_sg @ http://forums.gentoo.org

Quote: Originally Posted by Ernest_P_Worrel (which I dont understand 3.1, I believe is the latest, just freezes) Might be ACPI issues. Search for power management related kernel boot parameters.