I gave a whirl at a complete system update last night; well, it wanted to update hal to version 5.5.1 (which is still masked in portage). The reason? Something else requires it (the newer version of udev, apparently). (hal is the Hardward Abstraction Layer, a program whose job it is to make things Just Work; see here.)
The only problem is that now I’ve an error informing me that hal 5.5.1 requires a kernel of at least 2.6.13 — I’m still running a 2.6.10 kernel. sigh.
Well, perhaps it’s due for an upgrade; that is, after all, one of the reasons I like linux. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself. ;-)
Actually, I imagine the kernel upgrade will be no big deal; it’s just a little more involved than a simple
which is what I use to upgrade the system as a whole. I would add the options -pv to the end of the line, just so it would tell me what it will do before it tries to do it, though.
I guess later tonight I need to decide if it’s time for a kernel upgrade. I think, perhaps, it is.
