Richard Fish wrote:
On 12/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I just started running with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" in /etc/make.conf
and decided to let the chips fall where they may. At least I don't
have to fiddle around with a mixture of stable and masked.
I doubt that above would be seen as very good plan by many though.
On the other hand, I run ~x86 as I consider it my "duty" as a Gentoo
user. Testing the builds on my system is my (relatively small) way of
contributing something back. It is the same reason that I now at
least boot every -rc kernel. Of course, I make frequent backups! On
those rare instances where I do find a bug, I report it, hopefully
with enough information to get it fixed. Usually it has already been
reported by someone else though.
But I say if you learn to use /etc/portage/package.mask appropriately,
and are willing to do the testing, then do it.
-Richard
I enjoy testing as well and thats my main reason for keeping a ~x86
system. However, I don't think its wise for people unfamiliar with (or
have no interest in) bugs.gentoo, overlays and to a lesser degree
writing/fixing ebuilds to go full ~x86.
I've been ~x86 for about a week and I've had to a) pull ebuilds/patches
from bugs.gentoo (and also filed a couple), b) moved a couple apps in
overlay and c) fix old custom ebuilds in overlay for unsupported
software (ex. OpenCV, xfce4 svn).
Also making extensive use of package.mask since as mentioned before,
some ~x86 have radical changes that might bork your system until you
downgrade.
Chris
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