I have been so happy with my gentoo boxes lately, having had zero problems for the past few months, and no itch to bump. I must have lucked out and hit a really stable spot in the ever-changing world of open source.
But I don’t want to get too comfortable. Much longer and I probably won’t have a clean upgrade path. Besides, I think I smell something shiny out there somewhere… Seriously, I am looking forward to the latest XBMC changes. That software absolutely rocks.
Here we go!
Server first, since it’s the easiest (no X, no fancy video drivers, no UI apps).
eix-sync
emerge --unmerge iptraf #no longer maintained, use iptraf-ng
emerge -Davu iptraf-ng
# [emerge -Davu world] is complaining about php
# php is now slotted to allow multiple versions
# but we have to specify which one we want to use
# edit /etc/make.conf, add [PHP_TARGETS="php5-3"]
emerge -Davu php
# apache is borked
eselect php list apache2
[1] php5.3
eselect php set apache2 1
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
# keep going with emerge before we dive into further problems
emerge -Davu worldThe following were broken by the updates, but mostly easily fixed:
- mediawiki – fixed all sites by running update.php on each, whoop; also updated to vector skin, nice!
- squirrelmail – v1.5 install got trashed by v1.4 overwrite, silly portage! But roundcube now has a sieve plugin, abandon squirrelmail
- roundcube – config files got trashed. Pulled up old versions in cvs, diffed, fixed, yay for version control!
- sitebar – this PHP code is old but pretty clean. required two fixes:
- disable call to ob_start(‘ob_gzhandler’) in [inc/writers/sitebar.inc.php] to allow it to load; log in and go to prefs; disable compression; re-enable call
- convert useHandler($sbHandler = true) in [inc/errorhandler.inc.php] to a static function to prevent PHP warning
All shiny and new, yay! Still need to bump kernel tho…
Now for the desktop machine…
# edit /etc/make.conf, add [PHP_TARGETS="php5-3"]
eselect php set apache2 1
# edit /etc/portage/package.use, add:
dev-libs/libgpg-error static-libs
dev-libs/libgcrypt static-libs
virtual/mysql embedded -static
dev-db/mysql embedded
virtual/ffmpeg theoraI’ve tried to take the advice to “avoid static except where really needed.”
Looks like one package has to go for now…
!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- media-sound/mixxx-1.7.2-r2 (masked by: package.mask)
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
# Samuli Suominen (22 Mar 2011)
# Masked for removal wrt bug 310821, Comment #61.
# The new versions of mixxx require portmidi, bug 90614.
# Portmidi doesn't have a sane build system and is therefore
# not ready for inclusion in Portage.
# Removal in about 30 days.
emerge --unmerge mixxx And on with the emerge…
lafilefixer --justfixit && emerge -Du portage && emerge -Du system && emerge -Du world && revdep-rebuild -i && eclean distfiles
kde-base/kdepim-runtime-4.4.9 failed # known portage error - tried again (the next day?) and it seems to have worked
