linux.gentoo.user

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:16:36 -0800
"Mark Knecht" wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Chris Walters
> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what packages you know of that will break your
> > system if you choose to put "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~amd64" in your
> > make.conf file? I have had my system break, twice now, from a
> > package upgrade - I think that one of the culprits is gawk, but
> > can't be certain.
> >
> > I do know that the only way to fix the problem was to restore from
> > backup, or to try re-installing again. I just want to know which
> > packages are so unstable that I should mask them. TIA.

doesn't sound like a broken package to me. perhaps something else got
borked?

> > Regards,
> > Chris
> >
>
> Hi Chris,
> I don't think your question can be answered as phrased.
>
> *Any* package marked with '~' is 'new', 'in testing', 'unstable',
> etc. Very few (in my experience) 'break' my machine, but I have a rule
> that any package energed as part of emerge system must be stable and I
> personally add ~x86 or ~amd64 only for specific packages that I want
> or need some new feature.

My experience is the same as Mark's. I use ~amd64 only when
necessary, and although sometimes it doesn't work or is buggy
afterwords (after all, it's testing) it has never once broken the
system. That having been said, I wouldn't use it for system critical
anything (other than the kernel).


> Hope this helps,
> Mark
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