-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 24/08/15 23:59, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel > <a...@alectenharmsel.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:35:36AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> writes: >>> >>>> I'd recommend you then just to reinstall. Remembering my >>>> fights with stupid error messages from emerge, and so on, I >>>> wish I'd just reinstalled months earlier than I did. >>> >>> Thanks for the frank suggestions and noted lack unix hero >>> talk... hehe. >> >> I personally think that updating glibc and gcc, then continuing >> with the rest of the system update is the easiest path forward. >> You won't lose your portage config, it will probably be a little >> bit faster, and it requires a lot less manual intervention >> (running a handful of commands vs. following the handbook).. >> > > Agree. I probably get update issues of this complexity at least > annually. I couldn't tell you when I installed my stage3 on this > box, but it was a LONG time ago and I'm constantly cleaning up /etc > cruft from things being moved around. > > I would not rush to just reinstall a gentoo box unless you get > really stuck, or this is part of a configuration management > workflow (which I fully encourage - there is something to be said > for blowing away your install and reinstalling every time you do a > package update, just to demonstrate that you're able to do it from > a disaster-recovery standpoint). >
+1 There's also the fact that working through conflicts like this is also an educational experience in itself, making it easier for the next time. - -- wraeth <wra...@wraeth.id.au> GnuPG Key: B2D9F759 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlXbJLQACgkQXcRKerLZ91keqgD+JX2qXS8/Db/Y5oR8DDA2TsUQ VmNTY7qyU1iWBzzwZm8A/A9f2dIIhj7e5McD2cmeLnyf0TszISU85vyOQTsJ7bWI =gjmo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
