On Fri, March 30, 2012 9:23 am, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > The 29/03/12, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >> On Wed, March 28, 2012 12:49 am, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> <snipped> >> >> > Do nothing. Just read, watch, learn but most important don't do >> > updates. Just wait. Patience is a virtue! >> >> I wonder how many threads we'll get with "I haven't updated my Gentoo >> for >> over a year, how do I best do the upgrade?" from people following this >> advice? > > I think there is a better thing to do. Use an initramfs. > > This is not hell! ;-)
I'm not saying it is or isn't. I just don't understand why "not upgrading for a while" is given as an option considering the issues people will encounter when they try upgrading a Gentoo installation that hasn't been updated in a long time. -- Joost
