On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 10:27:29 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 08:16:05 BST Mickaël Bucas wrote: > > I don't know if it's correct, I'd proceed this way: > > 1. Update world first, because some updated packages may be involved > > in kernel building > > 2. Reboot with the current working kernel and check everything else works > > 3. Update the kernel and reboot (keeping the old kernel for a while) > > Perhaps you missed the point that some of the world update requires the > updated kernel. > > I'd do the same as Thelma.
Typically, Portage will take care of its own and arrive at a suitable order of updates without breaking things. If there is some Blocking situation other steps would be necessary, but I suspect in this instance just one package will be held back (VBox), until prerequisites have been updated first. Since @system will contain the toolchain, it will be enough to update this set before building the kernel, then @world to finish things off.