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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge
From:       Neil Bothwick <neil () digimed ! co ! uk>
Date:       2016-04-16 8:12:35
Message-ID: 20160416091235.4c74dcea () digimed ! co ! uk
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:36:17 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:

> Emerge won't update a single goddammned package on my system.
> 
> My number theory code finished a segment of work, (after a month), and
> it's time to reboot the system to propagate updates to nvidia drivers
> and such, uptime = 81 days.

This isn't Windows, you don't need to reboot to reload the graphics
drivers.

> I thought the hell emerge put me through last time would cover me for
> the next six months... =(
> 
> Emerge seems to want to pretend it is possible to update packages
> without breaking anything. It's not. That's why there's revdep-rebuild.
> It is causing much much much more grief by refusing to do it's goddamned
> motherfucking job than it would be by giving revdep-rebulid a chance to
> do it's job.

Based on the amount of useful information provided, I suspect this is a
PICNIC error.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I'm Pink, Therefore I'm Spam

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