From: jmcbride@mail-on.us   
      
   Gene Poole wrote:   
      
   > Jerry McBride wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >>> etc-update [follow the prompts]   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm sure I'm missing some important steps.   
   >>   
   >> I'd make a habit of running revdep-rebuild every once in a while, to make   
   >> sure the dependencies are up-to-date...   
   >>   
   >> As for scripting it... well... you can run "emerge --sync" as a chron   
   >> job, but that would be the end of automating the update process. You   
   >> don't want to automate the "emerge -u world"... incase it wants to drag   
   >> in anything you don't want and automating "etc-update" is just totally   
   >> WRONG. You would very easily overwrite your hard earned config files in   
   >> /etc if you weren't careful...   
   >>   
   >> Cheers.   
   >   
   > Yeah, I understand about the etc-update thing, but is there any reason   
   > why the "world" option would drag stuff in once the system is to my   
   > liking?  As it is now, if I run "emerge -Du world" (or system) I get   
   > nothing.  It's all up to date and has all the features I currently   
   > need/want.   
      
   Applications and packages are updated daily... sometimes a package gets   
   update with new dependencies... perhaps ones you don't want. You'll at   
   least have the option to decide if you want to change the mix. Also,   
   depending if you are running an ~x86 configuration... you could easily   
   update to a package version that's still not quite bug free or other   
   problems.   
      
   As an example... KDE4.0 requires a no later than qt 4.3.x...some are having   
   to remove qt 4.4.x and fixing all the resultant dependencies that breaks or   
   adds...   
      
      
      
      
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   Jerry McBride (jmcbride@mail-on.us)   
      
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