[gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Duncan
Michael Orlitzky posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:23:17 -0500 as excerpted: > On 11/04/2013 04:46 PM, Duncan wrote: >> >> I imagine were emerge being written today, -1 /would/ be the default, >> and there'd be an option like --select to add to the @world file if >> necessary. That's actually the wa

[gentoo-dev] friendly reminder wrt net virtual in init scripts

2013-11-04 Thread William Hubbs
All, I would like to remind everyone about the tracker for services that are misusing "need net" in their OpenRC init scripts [1]. "need net" should be removed from our init scripts, because it is bogus and breaks things. I also question the value of "use net", because the same thinking applies,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 11/04/2013 04:46 PM, Duncan wrote: > > I imagine were emerge being written today, -1 /would/ be the default, and > there'd be an option like --select to add to the @world file if > necessary. That's actually the way I setup my scripts, with -1 the > default, and an extra "2" suffix script v

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 04/11/2013 14:28, Tom Wijsman wrote: >> The only way to get a more stable system is to do a emerge -e world >> > and update that way. At least that has been my experience so far. > I have never needed this; I wonder whether there exists an example case > for this, I only see this used when some

[gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Duncan
yac posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:26:32 +0100 as excerpted: > Sooo, basicly you have defined buttload of aliases, somehow managed to > remember these nonsensical names and actually did not save any > keystrokes, because most linux users heard of tab completion and use it > succesfuly to complete c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Peter Stuge
Duncan wrote: > I believe the reason it wasn't done is because the default options > setting was added instead. Well that and the fact that (as covered > below), I guess most users setup their own scripts/aliases at some point, > at which point the existence of something that general-purpose de

[gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Duncan
Martin Vaeth posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:17:49 + as excerpted: > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> and the default is oneshot > > I would always recommend to put -1 into EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS; > you can still use --select if you really want a new package in a word > file: after the f

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Dale
Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:02:28 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> You are right, it does require prior knowledge and as a user gets that >> knowledge, they likely end up where Alan, Duncan and myself are. That >> would be emerge -uaDN world. > > And from there you can continue; like addi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:02:28 -0600 Dale wrote: > You are right, it does require prior knowledge and as a user gets that > knowledge, they likely end up where Alan, Duncan and myself are. That > would be emerge -uaDN world. And from there you can continue; like adding -vt --unordered-display and

Re: [IDEA] Enumerate solutions for blockers, to avoid tedious manual work. (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 21:00:16 +0100 Ruud Koolen wrote: > On Sunday 03 November 2013 13:10:57 Tom Wijsman wrote: > > Let's say I have the blocker: > > > > > dev-lang/python-exec-0.3.1 > > > > We could have it additionally say something like: > > > > To resolve this blocker, you can run o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Dale
Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:06:52 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> But after a person has used Gentoo a while, they figure out what >> process leads to the most stable update process. > > Do they? What do you consider a stable update process? I consider it stable when things work as they

Re: [IDEA] Enumerate solutions for blockers, to avoid tedious manual work. (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Ruud Koolen
On Sunday 03 November 2013 13:10:57 Tom Wijsman wrote: > Let's say I have the blocker: > > dev-lang/python-exec-0.3.1 > > We could have it additionally say something like: > > To resolve this blocker, you can run one of the following commands: > > emerge -1 '>=dev-python/python

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:06:52 -0600 > Dale wrote: > >> But after a person has used Gentoo a while, they figure out what >> process leads to the most stable update process. > > Do they? What do you consider a stable update process? > > I come acr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [IDEA] Enumerate solutions for blockers, to avoid tedious manual work.

2013-11-04 Thread Tom Wijsman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:20:24 -0500 Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > Oh absolutely -- i figured this isn't a trivial issue. :) > > But it does seem like something we will need to fix (that is, ensuring > that blocker or conflict messages shown are -only- th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [IDEA] Enumerate solutions for blockers, to avoid tedious manual work.

2013-11-04 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 04/11/13 10:07 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: > El lun, 04-11-2013 a las 10:01 -0500, Ian Stakenvicius escribió: >> On 03/11/13 07:10 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: >>> On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:53:13 +0200 Alan McKinnon >>> wrote: >>> On 02/11/2013 17:03, M

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [IDEA] Enumerate solutions for blockers, to avoid tedious manual work.

2013-11-04 Thread Pacho Ramos
El lun, 04-11-2013 a las 10:01 -0500, Ian Stakenvicius escribió: > On 03/11/13 07:10 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > > On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:53:13 +0200 Alan McKinnon > > wrote: > > > >> On 02/11/2013 17:03, Michał Górny wrote: Sadly, it's somewhat > >> common for (newish) users to not know what to do

[gentoo-dev] Re: [IDEA] Enumerate solutions for blockers, to avoid tedious manual work.

2013-11-04 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 03/11/13 07:10 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:53:13 +0200 Alan McKinnon > wrote: > >> On 02/11/2013 17:03, Michał Górny wrote: Sadly, it's somewhat >> common for (newish) users to not know what to do with that. >> Blocker output

Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec

2013-11-04 Thread Sven Eden
Am Montag, 4. November 2013, 12:55:45 schrieben Sie: > Dnia 2013-11-04, o godz. 10:01:18 > > Sven Eden napisał(a): > > PyQt4 and synaptiks were only the messengers, btw. > > dev-lang/python-exec-0. has the Targets pypy2_0 and python3_3 which > > dev- lang/python-exec-0.3.1 does not have. But

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:06:52 -0600 Dale wrote: > But after a person has used Gentoo a while, they figure out what > process leads to the most stable update process. Do they? What do you consider a stable update process? I come across users on a daily basis which - haven't upgraded their syste

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 11:26:32 +0100 yac wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:51:32 + (UTC) > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > > FWIW, I have a whole set of short, often 2-4 letter aliases/scripts > > that take care of the various options > > Sooo, basicly you have defined buttload of aliases

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Dale
yac wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:51:32 + (UTC) > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > >> Daniel Campbell posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 02:50:27 -0600 as >> excerpted: >> >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On 11/03/2013 10:15 PM, yac wrote: On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11

Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec

2013-11-04 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-11-04, o godz. 10:01:18 Sven Eden napisał(a): > PyQt4 and synaptiks were only the messengers, btw. > dev-lang/python-exec-0. has the Targets pypy2_0 and python3_3 which dev- > lang/python-exec-0.3.1 does not have. But both dev-python/python-exec-1.1 > and dev-python/python-exec

[gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Martin Vaeth
Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > and the default is oneshot I would always recommend to put -1 into EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS; you can still use --select if you really want a new package in a word file: after the first installation this should happen rather rarely (and you can still use -n --sel

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: sys-apps/pcfclock

2013-11-04 Thread Sergey Popov
# Sergey Popov (04 Nov 2013) # Masked for removal in 30 days, bug #489510: # - does not build with 3.x kernels # - dead upstream sys-apps/pcfclock -- Best regards, Sergey Popov Gentoo developer Gentoo Desktop-effects project lead Gentoo Qt project lead Gentoo Proxy maintainers project lead si

Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 05:15:18 +0100 yac wrote: > On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:02:31 +0200 > Alan McKinnon wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > > Afaik there is no official way to update gentoo, is there? > > > > It's always been "emerge -avuND world" > [snip] > > Is this documented annywhere? I have a hard t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread yac
On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:51:32 + (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Daniel Campbell posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 02:50:27 -0600 as > excerpted: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 11/03/2013 10:15 PM, yac wrote: > >> On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:02:31 +0200 Alan

Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec

2013-11-04 Thread Sven Eden
Am Montag, 4. November 2013, 10:01:18 schrieb Sven Eden: > Btw. Why does dev-python/python-exec:2 has a dependency on > dev-python/python- exec:0 ? Sorry, I meant: "Why does dev-python/python-exec:2 has a dependency on dev- lang/python- exec:0 ?" of course. signature.asc Description: This is a di

[gentoo-dev] Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Duncan
Daniel Campbell posted on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 02:50:27 -0600 as excerpted: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 11/03/2013 10:15 PM, yac wrote: >> On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:02:31 +0200 Alan McKinnon >> wrote: >> >> [snip] Afaik there is no official way to update gentoo,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec

2013-11-04 Thread Sven Eden
Am Samstag, 2. November 2013, 16:03:30 schrieb Michał Górny: > Dnia 2013-11-02, o godz. 14:51:26 > > Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > > On Sat, 02 Nov 2013 09:16:45 -0400 > > > > "Anthony G. Basile" wrote: > > > This is a followup to a discussion on IRC yesterday regarding > > > breakage that's occurr

Re: Official way to do rolling update (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Releng breakage with respect to move from dev-python/python-exec to dev-lang/python-exec)

2013-11-04 Thread Daniel Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/2013 10:15 PM, yac wrote: > On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:02:31 +0200 Alan McKinnon > wrote: > > [snip] >>> >>> Afaik there is no official way to update gentoo, is there? >> >> It's always been "emerge -avuND world" > [snip] > > Is this document