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The_Great_Sephiroth Veteran

Joined: 03 Oct 2014 Posts: 1523 Location: Fayetteville, NC, USA
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:21 pm Post subject: Luckiest Gentoo user alive... |
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My boss asked me to update his laptop today. The thing is, it hasn't been updated in six or eight months! I was prepared for a weekend of cursing, wanting to throw the laptop out a window, and support from the forums as I worked through blockers. So I began...
Step one, emerged the new kernel, Intel microcode, and Linux formware. Built the configuration file, built the kernel, installed everything and updated GRUB. Rebooted. So far so good...
Next I updated GCC. Emerged gcc as per the guide, no issues yet. Selected the new compiler, rebuilt the library, and removed the old one. Checked with revdep-rebuild. All good! Rebooted for good measure.
Now came the frustration. Logged into the shell, killed xdm and NetworkManager, then manually connected to my wireless network. I ran emerge -avuND @world and saw this pop up on the screen.
Luckiest man on the entire planet... _________________ Ever picture systemd as what runs "The Borg"? |
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etnull Guru

Joined: 26 Mar 2019 Posts: 487 Location: Russia
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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When you are the average joe, you fight windows on your own...
When you are a boss others are managing Gentoo for you.  |
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Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 1877 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:38 am Post subject: |
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Did all 995 packages merge successfully, though?  _________________ Clevo W230SS: amd64 nvidia-drivers & xf86-video-intel.
Compal NBLB2: ~amd64 xf86-video-ati. Dual boot Win 7 Pro 64-bit.
OpenRC eudev elogind & KDE on both.
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Muso Veteran


Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 1053 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Fitzcarraldo wrote: | Did all 995 packages merge successfully, though?  |
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Assuming he's on stable, all should go well. etnull's point cannot be ignored, OP's boss is a legend! _________________ "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" ~ Dorothy Parker
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VinzC Watchman


Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 5088 Location: Dark side of the mood
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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I feel lucky
I got [only] about 680 packages to upgrade after more than one year... And they all (except just one) compiled & installed successfully. _________________ Gentoo addict: tomorrow I quit, I promise!... Just one more emerge...
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NeddySeagoon Administrator


Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 47017 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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The_Great_Sephiroth
Try this on your boss. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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The_Great_Sephiroth Veteran

Joined: 03 Oct 2014 Posts: 1523 Location: Fayetteville, NC, USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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My boss would figure that one out. And yes, so far all is good. I am at 738 being completed already. The laptop has an i3-7100U and a 512GB M.2 drive. It goes much faster than my Latitude! _________________ Ever picture systemd as what runs "The Borg"? |
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Muso Veteran


Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 1053 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu
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Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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VinzC wrote: | I feel lucky
I got [only] about 680 packages to upgrade after more than one year... And they all (except just one) compiled & installed successfully. |
That's actually quite impressive. _________________ "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" ~ Dorothy Parker
2021 is the year of the Linux Desktop! |
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VinzC Watchman


Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 5088 Location: Dark side of the mood
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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VinzC wrote: | I feel lucky
I got [only] about 680 packages to upgrade after more than one year... And they all (except just one) compiled & installed successfully. |
Muso wrote: | That's actually quite impressive. |
Just note that I feel lucky not because those packages did compile successfully — it's been several world upgrades that I keep being impressed how reliable Gentoo has become, at least for me, kudos Dev's — rather than the "relatively small" amount of accumulated old packages. _________________ Gentoo addict: tomorrow I quit, I promise!... Just one more emerge...
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The_Great_Sephiroth Veteran

Joined: 03 Oct 2014 Posts: 1523 Location: Fayetteville, NC, USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot to update this. All 995 packages built without a hitch. I rebooted and all is good, except that X does not start for ages. I can work on that later. Either way, all good, and I am impressed. _________________ Ever picture systemd as what runs "The Borg"? |
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Muso Veteran


Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 1053 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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VinzC wrote: | VinzC wrote: | I feel lucky
I got [only] about 680 packages to upgrade after more than one year... And they all (except just one) compiled & installed successfully. |
Muso wrote: | That's actually quite impressive. |
Just note that I feel lucky not because those packages did compile successfully — it's been several world upgrades that I keep being impressed how reliable Gentoo has become, at least for me, kudos Dev's — rather than the "relatively small" amount of accumulated old packages. |
Breakage is definitely less common today than it was many years back. The last one for me was the openssl update, that was a bit painful, especially with the pentoo overlay. I'm still impressed with how smoothly Gentoo updates, especially considering that it is, essentially, a scripted LFS.
The_Great_Sephiroth wrote: | I forgot to update this. All 995 packages built without a hitch. I rebooted and all is good, except that X does not start for ages. I can work on that later. Either way, all good, and I am impressed. |
Nice! _________________ "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" ~ Dorothy Parker
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doalwa Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 130 Location: Old Europe
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:52 am Post subject: |
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I'd love a boss who's running Gentoo on his laptop, how cool is that?!?
Impressive that it seemed to update without a hitch...not updating a Gentoo install in months is one of the cardinal sins in life  _________________ Keepin' the Funk alive since 1983! |
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Muso Veteran


Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 1053 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:57 am Post subject: |
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doalwa wrote: | I'd love a boss who's running Gentoo on his laptop, how cool is that?!?
Impressive that it seemed to update without a hitch...not updating a Gentoo install in months is one of the cardinal sins in life  |
Skol! _________________ "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think" ~ Dorothy Parker
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VinzC Watchman


Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 5088 Location: Dark side of the mood
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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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doalwa wrote: | not updating a Gentoo install in months is one of the cardinal sins in life  |
I love to be a long time, repeat sinner  _________________ Gentoo addict: tomorrow I quit, I promise!... Just one more emerge...
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