The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repository
to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
I use webrsync sync method via "maint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 12:48, gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:
The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repository
to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
I use webrsync sync method via "emaint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
This is probably not possible at all using any of the tools available.
These tools only support downloading the latest snapshot to get you up
to date. Additionally, most mirrors only keep snapshots of the last 7
days or so, so it would take some (possibly futile) effort to find a
snapshot of the date you need.
The only option, as far as I can see, is to migrate your portage tree
to git, where you can specify a commit that you want to sync to from
the wanted day.
вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:08, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>:
On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 12:48, gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:It is a pity, but thank you for the answer.
The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repositoryThis is probably not possible at all using any of the tools available.
to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
I use webrsync sync method via "emaint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
These tools only support downloading the latest snapshot to get you up
to date. Additionally, most mirrors only keep snapshots of the last 7
days or so, so it would take some (possibly futile) effort to find a
snapshot of the date you need.
The only option, as far as I can see, is to migrate your portage tree
to git, where you can specify a commit that you want to sync to from
the wanted day.
gevisz wrote:
вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:08, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>:
On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 12:48, gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:It is a pity, but thank you for the answer.
The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repositoryThis is probably not possible at all using any of the tools available.
to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
I use webrsync sync method via "emaint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
These tools only support downloading the latest snapshot to get you up
to date. Additionally, most mirrors only keep snapshots of the last 7
days or so, so it would take some (possibly futile) effort to find a
snapshot of the date you need.
The only option, as far as I can see, is to migrate your portage tree
to git, where you can specify a commit that you want to sync to from
the wanted day.
I'm not sure if I'm understanding completely the problem here but
thought I'd suggest something. Can you not just mask newer versions of
the package so emerge won't update it until you are ready? I do that sometimes here. I've did it with smplayer at one point because some
changes broke things for me. I kept it from upgrading for months until things got fixed. I then removed the mask, while keeping the old ebuild
and even a binary of the package, and allowed emerge to upgrade
smplayer. At that point, things worked for me that didn't before.
The only downside to this, things your package depends on may go past
what your package supports and you run into issues. As the other person said, it's best to figure out why your package fails and fix that, then
you can worry about new problems. ;-) Masking the newer version may
work at least in the meantime though. Give you time to sort out the failure.
вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:43, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>:
gevisz wrote:Thank you for your reply, Dale.
вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:08, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>: >>>> On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 12:48, gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:I'm not sure if I'm understanding completely the problem here but
It is a pity, but thank you for the answer.The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repositoryThis is probably not possible at all using any of the tools available. >>>> These tools only support downloading the latest snapshot to get you up >>>> to date. Additionally, most mirrors only keep snapshots of the last 7
to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
I use webrsync sync method via "emaint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
days or so, so it would take some (possibly futile) effort to find a
snapshot of the date you need.
The only option, as far as I can see, is to migrate your portage tree
to git, where you can specify a commit that you want to sync to from
the wanted day.
thought I'd suggest something. Can you not just mask newer versions of
the package so emerge won't update it until you are ready? I do that
sometimes here. I've did it with smplayer at one point because some
changes broke things for me. I kept it from upgrading for months until
things got fixed. I then removed the mask, while keeping the old ebuild
and even a binary of the package, and allowed emerge to upgrade
smplayer. At that point, things worked for me that didn't before.
The only downside to this, things your package depends on may go past
what your package supports and you run into issues. As the other person
said, it's best to figure out why your package fails and fix that, then
you can worry about new problems. ;-) Masking the newer version may
work at least in the meantime though. Give you time to sort out the failure.
Yes, masking some new package can work in this case.
However, it is not so easy as it may seem because it is not the new
version of tensorflow that I should mask in my case as on the day
when the tensorflow recompilation failed its version remained the same
and only some of its dependencies were supposed to be upgraded.
Of course, I may try this approach. However, tensorflow is not
considered stable in gentoo tree and it has a lot of dependencies
that are also not considered stable and should be unmasked.
All this leads to a large number of possible choices on
which packages to mask/unmask.
So, playing with this is like playing in a casino with about
4 hours of compilation for each bet.
gevisz wrote:
вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:43, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>:
gevisz wrote:Thank you for your reply, Dale.
вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:08, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>: >>>> On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 12:48, gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:I'm not sure if I'm understanding completely the problem here but
It is a pity, but thank you for the answer.The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repository >>>>> to the state it was on 12-12-2021.This is probably not possible at all using any of the tools available. >>>> These tools only support downloading the latest snapshot to get you up >>>> to date. Additionally, most mirrors only keep snapshots of the last 7 >>>> days or so, so it would take some (possibly futile) effort to find a >>>> snapshot of the date you need.
I use webrsync sync method via "emaint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
The only option, as far as I can see, is to migrate your portage tree >>>> to git, where you can specify a commit that you want to sync to from >>>> the wanted day.
thought I'd suggest something. Can you not just mask newer versions of
the package so emerge won't update it until you are ready? I do that
sometimes here. I've did it with smplayer at one point because some
changes broke things for me. I kept it from upgrading for months until
things got fixed. I then removed the mask, while keeping the old ebuild >> and even a binary of the package, and allowed emerge to upgrade
smplayer. At that point, things worked for me that didn't before.
The only downside to this, things your package depends on may go past
what your package supports and you run into issues. As the other person >> said, it's best to figure out why your package fails and fix that, then
you can worry about new problems. ;-) Masking the newer version may
work at least in the meantime though. Give you time to sort out the failure.
Yes, masking some new package can work in this case.
However, it is not so easy as it may seem because it is not the new
version of tensorflow that I should mask in my case as on the day
when the tensorflow recompilation failed its version remained the same
and only some of its dependencies were supposed to be upgraded.
Of course, I may try this approach. However, tensorflow is not
considered stable in gentoo tree and it has a lot of dependencies
that are also not considered stable and should be unmasked.
All this leads to a large number of possible choices on
which packages to mask/unmask.
So, playing with this is like playing in a casino with about
4 hours of compilation for each bet.
As a starting point, check the ebuild and see what all packages are
listed there that it depends on. Put the needed entries in package.mask
and then use your world upgrade command plus -p to see what emerge wants
to upgrade. Keep adding until it is reporting nothing to upgrade. The packages in the ebuild should help save some time. I can't think of an easier way to do it. Someone else may have ideas thogh. Oh, don't forget the ">=" signs and to specify versions. Can't recall if it matters
which symbol comes first.
As a starting point, check the ebuild and see what all packages are
listed there that it depends on. Put the needed entries in package.mask
and then use your world upgrade command plus -p to see what emerge wants
to upgrade. Keep adding until it is reporting nothing to upgrade. The packages in the ebuild should help save some time. I can't think of a easier way to do it. Someone else may have ideas tho. Oh, don't forget the ">=" signs and to specify versions. Can't recall if it matters
which symbol comes first.
But in there it has the line(s)
=package.version ~amd64
I've deliberately used the "=" so for it, and every package it depends
on, that version will be accepted. Aiui, if the stable version goes
above that it will then upgrade to the stable version, so that my
system will be pretty much just stable packages.
Yes, masking some new package can work in this case.
However, it is not so easy as it may seem because it is not the new
version of tensorflow that I should mask in my case as on the day
when the tensorflow recompilation failed its version remained the same
and only some of its dependencies were supposed to be upgraded.
Of course, I may try this approach. However, tensorflow is not
considered stable in gentoo tree and it has a lot of dependencies
that are also not considered stable and should be unmasked.
All this leads to a large number of possible choices on
which packages to mask/unmask.
So, playing with this is like playing in a casino with about
4 hours of compilation for each bet.
I constantly have problems with updating/recompiling tensorflow.
Sometimes, it compiles ok but most of the time it is not.
The last time when it failed to recompile was on 30-12-2021.
I reported this in the thread "tensorflow-2.5.0-r1 compilation failed"
So, I decided to degrade my Gentoo system to the state in which
it was on 12-12-2021, when my tensorflow was still ok, and froze it forever.
The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repository
to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
I use webrsync sync method via "maint -A sync" and would prefer
to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
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