On 04/11/2013 14:28, Tom Wijsman wrote: >> The only way to get a more stable system is to do a emerge -e world >> > and update that way. At least that has been my experience so far. > I have never needed this; I wonder whether there exists an example case > for this, I only see this used when someone changes compiler / flags > and wants to ensure the whole system turns into rice. * >
I've used this once or twice over the years to take care of inexplicable instability, the last time being right in the middle of kmail2/akonadi upheaval. I think it was in the KDE4.4 days. I strongly suspect the actual cause was inconsistencies around plug-in modules - the only thing I know of that portage and tools like revdep-rebuild can't really detect. I must stress that it's an exceptionally blunt hammer of a tool and not to be used lightly. It's really the very very last resort, only suitable when the cost of my troubleshooting time is more than the cost of cpu cycles over a weekend. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
