Gentoo updating [was RE: Apache worm released]

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dattaway at attaway.net 
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:59 PM
> To: Eric Rossiter
> Cc: Michael; kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Apache worm released
> 
> ...
> Most people would tell you to stay away from Gentoo Linux, because
> everything is built from source, and you know newbies cannot handle
> anything from scratch, but I'm here to tell you installing or 
> upgrading
> the most complicated packages has been a breeze so far:
> 
> emerge rsync                 <--to update the source tree
> emerge -u apache             <--upgrade apache
> /etc/init.d/apache restart   <--restarting without dropping 
> connections
Well , I would generally agree. I did have to recently tweak one of the
updates, but it told me what to do when it aborted.
BUT, I have three packages that keep aborting, gnome 2,kde i18n, and a
prereq for
gnome 2. I am working on them, but will need to post to the list soon
for help.

> 
> sometimes I'm lazy and don't upgrade individual packages, I just:
> 
> emerge - u world             <--upgrade everything
ewwww! I am tempted to do that, but don't want to install Koffice 1.2
Beta, and
there are also a few alpha level upgrades in my world update list. I
definitely 
do not want to upgrade from stable to alpha level.

I just wish the rest of the Linux distros would get a  clue from Gentoo
or FreeBSD!

Brian