On Friday 11 February 2005 07:56, stephen white wrote: > On 11/02/2005, at 4:33 PM, Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen wrote: > > But the way I would do it is to simply not sync the main Portage tree. > > Instead maintain a small security/bug fix/custom overlay. > > With the sheer volume of security updates, this is a rather labour > intensive method. I just want to be able to update without redefining > what "stable" means - eg, gimme the info, but don't change my system > while you're at it! Ehhh, that is what we do with GLSAs and GLEP 19 should make it even easier in most cases. However with Portage (and most other package managers) it is not possible to supply a small fix that will work for all, so it's not easy to have a completely customised install and automatic updates by Gentoo:-(
<snip> > Anyway, thanks for the information and I shall try a few things then > report back. Great. -- Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (Jaervosz) Operational Manager Gentoo Linux Security Team http://security.gentoo.org
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