> > My unattended daily system maintenance procedure is like this: > > > > layman -S > > emerge --sync > > emerge -pvDuN world > > emerge -pv --depclean > > eclean -p distfiles > > eclean -p packages > > > > And then attended like this: > > > > emerge -DuN world > > revdep-rebuild > > etc-update > > elogv > > emerge --depclean > > eclean distfiles > > eclean packages > > > > Am I missing any good stuff? > > > > - Grant > > > I would use the -a option unless the output of the first part is being > emailed to you or something.
Exactly, it's being emailed to me and I should have said so. > Other than using -a instead of -p, I don't see anything missing. Just > check the USE flags before letting it update. They get changed > sometimes and it could cause issues. Sometimes the change is for the > good so always look into it first. > > You *may* want to look into dispatch-conf too. It does the same as > etc-update but it keeps records in case a updated config file borks your > system. Just a thought. I will do that. dispatch-conf sounds like a good thing. - Grant
