On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:41:13 -0500, Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Who do I have to thank for the recent x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.1.902-r1 > > ebuild > > > and it's nested spawning of bash processes grinding my systems to a > > total > > > halt? > > > > > > > Off hand, given that the ebuild is hard masked - > > > > # Don't use this, work in progress > > KEYWORDS="-*" > > This is the first xorg release, in fact first ebuild ever, that was so > poorly constructed as to start spawning shell processes to the point of > total system lockup. > > I've been running the "-* ~x86" releases of xorg since I did the setup of > the system and this has never been an issue before. > > Yes, I know the doco says that "~x86" could introduce a package that may > break the system, but to doco never says that "~x86" will lock up your > system just for trying to emerge it... >
Sorry, this is just whining. Which part of the consequences of running non-stable (and hard masked to boot) code on your inaccessible production server did you fail to understand? <sarcasm>You probably like Russian roulette, too</sarcasm>. Gentoo developers do a fantastic job, and this includes releasing experimental ebuilds that are hard masked for the adventuresome to try and to report the results. Get a life. -- Collins -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
