On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:10:10 +0100 Dhruba Bandopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeffrey Smelser wrote: > > I am just trying to figure out how you guys just do emerge world's > > all the time without breaking anything. > > Steps to a safe system. > > Do allow a script to: > > (1) Sync > (2) Do pretend updates > (3) Fetch updates > (4) Email root with pretend updates > (5) Log emerge activity > > Do NOT allow script to: > > (1) Perform updates > (2) Sort configuration files (etc-update) > > Also, stay on stable trees if you are worried about breaking things. > Amen, brother. That's the only way to fly. I would add one additional recommendation: (0) By all means use mostly stable packages, but let all update recommendations age 2 weeks before performing the updates, then do them singly and manually watching for anomalies and recommendations. The gentoo quality assurance process is good but far from perfect. More than occasionally packages get marked as stable and then must be masked when early adapters discover "the rest of the story." -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
