From: ray@zianet.com   
      
   On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:29:50 +0000, 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.   
      
   Seems like a golden opportunity to find out what I'm doing wrong - there   
   are certainly other folks out there who know a lot more about it than I   
   do, but here's what I do - has kept my system robust for a year or so now:   
      
   emerge --sync   
   emerge --ask --update world   
   is done every few days - with etc-update when indicated.   
      
   emerge --ask --update --deep --newuse world   
   emerge --depclean   
   revdep-rebuild   
   is done every couple of weeks or so.   
      
   Please critique and tell me what I'm doing wrong - a 'why' would also be   
   helpful.   
      
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