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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: Heads up: UsrMerge impact imminent
From:       Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel () suse ! de>
Date:       2021-06-07 12:55:40
Message-ID: 236ad117-4104-2be5-6aa4-f14597104124 () suse ! de
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Martin Wilck wrote:
> On Mo, 2021-05-31 at 13:53 +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
>>
>> Due to the full rebuild and activation of gcc11 as default compiler
>> the
>> next snapshot will be a big one, so make sure to have sufficient disk
>> space.
>>
>> If you are not on btrfs with snapshots and are nervous to break the
>> system you may want to make sure eg busybox-static is installed. So
>> if
>> thing unexpectedly go wrong you have the tools to complete the
>> usrmerge
>> manually. There is no way back.
> 
> Is it recommended e.g. to switch to text mode before dup'ing?

Not more than usual IMO. I'd always run zypper in screen or tmux though
to make sure it continues in case the GUI dies.

cu
Ludwig

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