On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel <a...@alectenharmsel.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 09:35:36AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> writes: >> >> > I'd recommend you then just to reinstall. Remembering my fights with >> > stupid error messages from emerge, and so on, I wish I'd just >> > reinstalled months earlier than I did. >> >> Thanks for the frank suggestions and noted lack unix hero >> talk... hehe. > > I personally think that updating glibc and gcc, then continuing with the > rest of the system update is the easiest path forward. You won't lose > your portage config, it will probably be a little bit faster, and it > requires a lot less manual intervention (running a handful of commands > vs. following the handbook).. >
Agree. I probably get update issues of this complexity at least annually. I couldn't tell you when I installed my stage3 on this box, but it was a LONG time ago and I'm constantly cleaning up /etc cruft from things being moved around. I would not rush to just reinstall a gentoo box unless you get really stuck, or this is part of a configuration management workflow (which I fully encourage - there is something to be said for blowing away your install and reinstalling every time you do a package update, just to demonstrate that you're able to do it from a disaster-recovery standpoint). -- Rich
