>Von: [email protected] >Datum: 04.04.2010 11:37 >An: <[email protected]> >Betreff: Re: [gentoo-user] Checking sanity of system... > >Am 04.04.2010 07:18, schrieb [email protected]: >> Hi, >> >> this is no security issue in sense of attacks...it is related >> to the consistency of the system. >> >> Simple question (and may be complicate to answer... ;) ) >> >> How can I check, that my Gentoo system is uptodate, consistent >> and sane? >> >> Best regards, >> mcc >> >> >> >Hi, > >Every Update: >emerge --sync && emerge -uDN world >--> Read the Packagemessages for Instructions. >etc-update # Merge new Configfiles >revdep-rebuild # Identify broken libraries
> >From time to time: >emerge --deplcean (-p) && revdep-rebuild # Delete old packages and >sort out the resulting broken packages >eclean distfiles # Delete the old source-packages in your distfile repo. > >Regards, >Norman > > > and aditionally from time to time: eix -u (packages which have at least one slotted version installed which is not the best version within that slot) and eix-test-obsolete -d (display missing packages or packages with obsolete entries in /etc/portage/package.* ) Check for viruses, lookout for SMART data, and filesystem inconsistencies, check temperatures, check log files, listen to fans... there are many levels where a system could fail. Urs
