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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia-drivers fails to patch
From:       Dale <rdalek1967 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-04-21 16:29:44
Message-ID: f85ed778-b4bd-455a-c5a6-29f4c420b918 () gmail ! com
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Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Dale,
>
> On Thursday, 2023-04-20 17:36:23 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> ...
>> * Package:    x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-470.182.03:0/470
>>  * Repository: mine
> Maybe I'm  missing something,  but as of today  "x11-drivers/nvidia-dri-
> vers" version 470.182.03 is still in the normal Gentoo tree.  So why use
> your personal repo?  Do you have a local patch applied?
>
> Sincerely,
>   Rainer
> .
>

I ran into a buggy driver a while back and once I synced and upgraded,
the old one was gone.  So, I started keeping a local copy just in case. 
Of course, as long as I keep a older driver to fall back on, it won't
break anymore.  As soon as I miss one tho, problems.  LOL 

Thanks to you and Ionen.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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