On Feb 24, 2012 7:18 AM, "Harry Putnam" <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > > First my setup: > > Fairly basic (newish) install (noX) in a Virtual Box vm on windows7 host > > I'd like to hear some of the ways you all keep up with syncing and > update world. > > Of course the basic call with cron is clear enough: > > eix-sync > emerge -vuD world > > But what I mean is how you handle things script wise, so that when > something doesn't compile or something else untoward happens during > `emerge -vuD world' things don't just get jacked up. >
The only automation in my case is eix-sync followed by emerge -uND --fetchonly @system @world Then, on Friday I manually start the update process on half of my servers, the other half the next Friday. > That may not be a very common occurrence, especially since my install > is quite basic, but I am running with `~x86' so it might be a bit more > likely to come up. > > Also, what have users found to be good guess at how often to update > world? (given my console mode setup, and the fact that it is not a > server of any kind, more just a way to keep my hand in things gentoo) > In my case, once every other week is enough, unless there's a serious security issue that needs immediate update. Rgds,
