From: user@example.net   
      
   Gene Poole wrote:   
   > I've been a Slackware user for years but I've recently made the switch   
   > to Gentoo on a few boxes to see how it suits my needs.  I've got my   
   > system set up the way I like it with X11, gdm, fluxbox, and all the GUI   
   > apps my wife needs (firefox, skype, etc).  My question now is how to   
   > keep it all up-to-date.  Emerge and portage sound simple enough in   
   > concept, but it seems like every time I dig into the docs, I discover   
   > another command or option that I was unaware of.  I'd like to script out   
   > the update process as much as possible, but I'm not sure if I've got all   
   > my bases covered.  Here's what I do now:   
   >   
   > emerge --sync   
   > emerge -Du world   
      
   I wouldn't use the -D, as you will be upgrading more packages than you need   
   and you get a higher risk of breaking another program.   
      
   emerge -u world   
      
      
   > etc-update [follow the prompts]   
      
      
   > I'm sure I'm missing some important steps.   
      
   Once in a while run   
      
   revdep-rebuild -- -p   
      
   to see if there is a broken dependency, portage ain't as good on keeping track   
   of all dependencies as RPM does.   
      
      
   --   
      
     //Aho   
      
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