On Sun, Mar 18 2012, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18 2012, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:14:48 -0700
>> Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> I will update to the new world order, but would very much prefer to
>>> postpone that for a few weeks. Is it enough to put
>>>
>>> >sys-fs/udev-171-r5
>>>
>>> in /etc/portage/package.mask ?
>>
>>>=sys-fs/udev-181
>>
>> would be better. Rather mask the first version that causes issues and
>> all subsequent versions. With your suggestions, there may be
>> future updates between 171 and 181 (without initrd issues) that you
>> want, but you can't use them as you masked them.
>
> Done, thanks. Thank you volker as well.
>
> allan
I am now unable to update world
Total: 26 packages (20 upgrades, 3 new, 1 in new slot, 2 reinstalls, 1
uninstall), Size of downloads: 604,681 kB
Conflict: 3 blocks
The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5-r3[acl], required by
net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r5, required by
net-im/empathy-3.2.2[networkmanager], required by
gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.2.1, required by gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1, required
by @selected, required by @world (argument)
=sys-fs/udev-9999 **
The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5-r3[acl], required by
net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r5, required by
net-im/empathy-3.2.2[networkmanager], required by
gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.2.1, required by gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1, required
by @selected, required by @world (argument)
# /etc/portage/package.mask:
=sys-fs/udev-9999
This does not surprise me.
I still would like to wait until the semester is over before trying
dracut as I assume there is a significant chance of an unbootable
system. I could just do nothing now and, in late May, try dracut, unmask
udev, and update world. If the world update is very hard after the long
wait. I could reinstall.
I was wondering if the following alternate procedure is safe. The hope
would be to have few enough packages not updated so that when I do try
dracut and unmask udev, an update world will eventually succeed.
1. Try emerge update world
2. Note a few of the packages that would have been updated,
say A, B, and C
3. emerge -1 --ask A B C
If no problems are reported, say yes to the --ask
4. Repeat
thanks,
allan
