Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 01.08.2014 16:30, schrieb behrouz khosravi: >> Hello everybody. >> I have a little bandwidth problem. I don't want to update my packages >> very frequently. >> Is it save to sync my portage not very often, say every month or two, >> so when I install something I wont be warned that some of my packages >> are outdated? >> In this manner I wont need to mask my packages, to prevent them from >> updating, right ? >> >> Thanks. >> >> . >> > the longer you wait, the more problems you will have. > > > So sync often. > > Installing the actual updates? On a weekly basis is a good rule of thumb. > > And don't use --pretend, use --ask. Portage has become slow as f.... > over time. You don't want to waste time to let it do the same twice. > > Also: read the manual. You obviously haven't - or did not understand > everything you read, so read again. For your own safety. > >
Back when I was on dial-up, I did my updates on Monday I think it was. In the case of OOo, just downloading the tarball could take a couple days. Once a week is pretty good in my opinion as well. I'd be nervous about going months tho. On occasion that can get to be a bit much. If two nasty updates hit at the same time, it could get touchy. Dale :-) :-)
