[gentoo-user] kde4 upgrading
Hello, I have several workstations on kde4, mostly 4.2.4 or 4.2.x. I'm looking for a clean, easy, unattended method to upgrade about a dozen systems to kde 4.3.x (Or KDE 4 stable only). I'm not sure what the latest stable kde4 version is, or what folks recommend. Since I try to keep the system with the same packages installed, as to not cause me to go crazy. Most are using SETS and the /etc/portage files are a mess and all different. Simplification and consolidation on kde 4 that is stable is my goal. Trying to upgrade causes a painful one step at a time editing of the /etc/portage files. I need to get away from that! Suggestions or documents are most appreciated, even if I have to unmerge all of kde4-hack and reinstall kde4.3(stable). Is this guide the best (and current) to use: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml#doc_chap2 I'm looking for guidance and wisdom here, to keep my admin time at a minimal on kde4. ideas? James
Re: [gentoo-user] kde4 upgrading
On Tuesday 27 October 2009 18:13:29 James wrote: Hello, I have several workstations on kde4, mostly 4.2.4 or 4.2.x. I'm looking for a clean, easy, unattended method to upgrade about a dozen systems to kde 4.3.x (Or KDE 4 stable only). I'm not sure what the latest stable kde4 version is, or what folks recommend. latest stable is 4.3.1 4.3.2 seems to work fine for most folk. These days it's X causing grief, not KDE... Since I try to keep the system with the same packages installed, as to not cause me to go crazy. Most are using SETS and the /etc/portage files are a mess and all different. Simplification and consolidation on kde 4 that is stable is my goal. Trying to upgrade causes a painful one step at a time editing of the /etc/portage files. I need to get away from that! Pick the primary workstation and get that one right, either using sets you like or the -meta packages. x11-terms/clusterssh is your friend here: configure it to log into all your workstations; launch it; what you type is sent to every workstation aka how-to-update-many-machines-in-parallel :-) Suggestions or documents are most appreciated, even if I have to unmerge all of kde4-hack and reinstall kde4.3(stable). Is this guide the best (and current) to use: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml#doc_chap2 I'm looking for guidance and wisdom here, to keep my admin time at a minimal on kde4. ideas? James -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] kde4 upgrading
Am Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2009 schrieb Alan McKinnon: Since I try to keep the system with the same packages installed, as to not cause me to go crazy. Most are using SETS and the /etc/portage files are a mess and all different. Simplification and consolidation on kde 4 that is stable is my goal. Trying to upgrade causes a painful one step at a time editing of the /etc/portage files. I need to get away from that! Pick the primary workstation and get that one right, either using sets you like or the -meta packages. x11-terms/clusterssh is your friend here: configure it to log into all your workstations; launch it; what you type is sent to every workstation aka how-to-update-many-machines-in-parallel Another possibility would be to compile on one machine and then distribute the binary packages using --buildpkg and --usepkg. That would only work of course if the hardware is identical and/or CFLAGS and CHOST are compatible. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. (R. Heinlein) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] kde4 upgrading
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: x11-terms/clusterssh is your friend here: configure it to log into all your workstations; launch it; what you type is sent to every workstation You can also do this with app-shells/dsh and sys-cluster/tentakel. what I'd really like to see, which none of them seem to offer, is to be able to do scp to multiple machines. -- Neil Bothwick The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
