I think this is where a package management system comes into play. In my
past LFS system I wrote a package manager using shell scripts much like the
one that Slackware uses (Sorry I no longer have it). What my package
manager did was installed the software to a fakeroot and then tar-ed the
files and I also had an installer that untar-ed the files with permissions
to the correct places. All that I did not have was a uninstall/update
program that will (using a database or file list) remove the files and untar
the new files. If you get your hands dirty with a true programming language
(c, c++, ...) or a decent scripting language (python, ruby shell, ...) you
can then update / remove programs easy. As far as when and what to update I
personally experiment with it because my LFS system is not my production
system. If I break it I reload from backup and then all better.
Brad
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Mike McCarty <mike.mcca...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> It occurs to me that, since LFS is not exactly a supported
> distribution in the classic sense of the term, that keeping
> it up to date might be a bit interesting. What is the
> recommended process? How does one know when, and what?
>
> Simply rebuilding each time there is a new release, especially when
> one has a BLFS system, might be a bit much.
>
> ISTM that, one might want to subscribe to another distro's support
> list, and watch the "critical update" notices. When one of the
> standard distros releases a "critical update", one might go look
> at the affected software, and the rationale behind the update,
> and then make a considered decision about whether to get and try
> the modified package.
>
> Since all distros come from more or less the same upstream source,
> this might give one a "leg up" on what's going on in the world, and
> whether he might need to update, or at least if not, then to know
> what the exposure is.
>
> CentOS has such a list, limited to only the critical update notices,
> and might form such a source. It is very low volume.
>
> Comments?
>
> Mike
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