Very interesting link. So, I would say that the capabilities are there and just need to be communicated. Another person in this thread (Jason Stubbs, I believe) mentioned something to the effect that packages like glibc may break stuff if they are updated. Does this mean that its developers don't maintain backward compatibility?
Also, just how important is it to upgrade your packages? I mean, for example, I just like fooling around with Linux on an old desktop I have and I installed it on an old laptop (PII-266) to milk more mileage out it on my train commute to work every day. Basically, I use e-mail, Gnumeric, Abiword, a browser and play CDs/MP3s on it. If it just works for me, should I be concerned about upgrading these packages whenever a new version comes along or should I just keep using it while it's stable? Just some thoughts. -----Original Message----- From: Heschi Kreinick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 7:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] auto Emerge world > I've been following this thread and it occurs to me that doing an auto > emerge world might be better handled if there was some way to --pretend > this a print a log of what would be updated. It could even be a > menu-driven process allowing you to choose what to update. Does this > sound feasible? As I said, I am not a programmer so this might be > totally useless thinking. Just trying to be helpful. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=67849 Take a look at bemerge and femerge. -Heschi -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
