On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 05:09:01 -0500, Michael wrote: > > [1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>] > On Thursday, 29 February 2024 09:52:19 GMT John Covici wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:24:06 -0500, > > > > Michael wrote: > > > [1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>] > > > > > > On Thursday, 29 February 2024 09:01:52 GMT John Covici wrote: > > > > I got a message on my world update that said my profile which is > > > > /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome/sys > > > > temd / is depricated and no longer supported. So, afterr this update is > > > > finished, which one should I switch to -- portage says to use > > > > default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome/systemd/merged-usr but in > > > > looking through the list I see one that says > > > > default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd (exp) which doesn't say > > > > merged-usr, so what would be the advantages of either choice here? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > There should have been an e-news item on this? Did you check 'eselect > > > news > > > list'? > > > > > > https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2022-12-01-systemd-usrmerge.html > > > > > > HTH, > > > > I did read the news item, that is why I am asking, so which of the two > > profiles 17.1 or 23.0 ? I have to update my system and run depclean > > before I can switch, but I was wondering which of those to choose? > > The "(exp)" suffix indicates profiles masked as such are "experimental" at > this point in time. Personally, unless I am testing things I tend to stick > with stable to minimise maintenance work, but it is your call. OK, now that I know what that means, I will stick with the 17.1 -- thanks.
-- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com