[ale] Is there a path out of the Centos 6 forest?

[Jeff Hubbs]

I've said it before, but it bears repeating: it's not without its own 
issues but there are whole *classes* of issues that are not part of my 
world with Gentoo Linux. This is one of them.

On 10/3/19 3:01 PM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> Ok, I'm lazy.?? I'm still running Centos 6.
>
> Linux t4.mnopltd.com 2.6.32-754.23.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu 
> Sep 26 11:58:20 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> I recall that there WAS an in-place upgrade, (to Centos 7)?? then there 
> wasn't.?? This is a mirrored disk config, and I'm not wild about 
> reinstalling just for entertainment.
>
> For a while, there were no updates, then updates started again. After 
> the last batch of updates, I'm seeing a small pile that won't install.
>
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires 
> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.16)(64bit)
> vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64 requires libebml.so.2()(64bit)
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires 
> libatspi.so.0()(64bit)
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires liberation-fonts
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires 
> libappindicator3.so.1()(64bit)
> vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64 requires libmatroska.so.2()(64bit)
> vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64 requires libthreadutil.so.2()(64bit)
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires 
> libgtk-3.so.0()(64bit)
> vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64 requires libmodplug.so.0()(64bit)
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires 
> libgdk-3.so.0()(64bit)
> vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64 requires libdvbpsi.so.6()(64bit)
> google-chrome-stable-77.0.3865.90-1.x86_64 requires 
> libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
> vlc-1.1.13-1.el6.rf.x86_64 requires libupnp.so.3()(64bit) : Success - 
> empty transaction
>
> I would be nice to get chrome updated.?? Any thoughts on how to move 
> forward without lots of manual labor?
>
> Regard,
>
> Neal
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