Ahhhh. Funny you should mention this. This is exactly how I screwed myself then. To funny.. Your given 3 choices when "etc-update" is run... -1 -3 and -5.
Whats the diff between -3 and -5....this isn't makig sense to me even after reading some stuff on the forum.. Thanks Collins, Joshua Banks --- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:58:47 -0700 (PDT) > Joshua Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why do you say that Collins? > > > > Joshua Banks > > --- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:28:26 -0700 (PDT) > > > Joshua Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > What do you mean "times out"....like your not gettting a reply from the > > > > needed site assuming that you have internet connectivity issues resolved? > > > > Can you get to other sites on the internet? > > > > > > > > Works for me.... > > > > deadmeat jbanks # emerge -up system > > > > > > > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > > > > > Calculating system dependencies ...done! > > > > [ebuild U ] sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.10-r1 [1.8.6.8-r1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Works ok for me, too, but, alas, here's another freaking baselayout upgrade > > > - the biggest pain-in-the-tush on gentoo! > > > > > Because it provides updates for files like fstab and passwd that are critical to > the operation of your system, and frequently the replacements are worthless > copies of the original default files. All it takes is one miskey, and > you're screwed. I'll not waste a lot of bandwidth here, since this deficiency > has been much discussed in the past. > > -- > Collins Richey - Denver Area > if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the > worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
