On 06/24/2009 03:06 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
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Am I hosed again? Did updating portage break my machine by removing
what I was just using:
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Is xorg-server-1.1.1 completely gone and I'm hosed? I'm not finding it
on my my machine. The only variations on that theme seem to be in
/var/db/pkg. No tar files, just other programming junk.
I absolutely HATE this about portage. Update your machine just
thinking about trying a new piece of software and then find you cannot
immediately go back. Gentoo was supposed to be about choice. Seems
it's not about my choice anymore. Bummer.
I hate to say this, but if you have a machine that you don't keep up to
date by doing full updates at least each month or two, then Gentoo is
*not* for you because Gentoo simply lacks the notion of "stable".
"Stable" refers to package versions, not system stability. Gentoo is
never "stable" in that sense like other distros that offer "stable"
releases. Something like Debian stable should be more appropriate and
far more easier to keep operational for machines like that.
