On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:55:23 +0000, bn wrote: > ...I would like to update the thing piece-by-piece, to troubleshoot > better whatever happens. Start with a system update, then emerge --oneshot individual, non-QT, packages to reduce the number of packages in the big emerge.
> > If not, you can either > > unmask portage, emerge portage and try again, or if you don't like > > that approach, you must do it the older, longer way: > > I could do it, if I have some safety option that allows me to downgrade > portage later, in case I find problems. I am quite conservative with > this system (it's a machine I use for day-to-day work) and I wouldn't > like to have it borked. Install and run demerge, then quickpkg your existing installed packages. Demerge lets you roll back to any point at which you saved its config. -- Neil Bothwick ... "I dropped my toothpaste," Tom said, Crestfallen.
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