On 05/14/2014 08:06 AM, Jeff Jibson wrote: > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Matthew Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 05/13/2014 07:57 AM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >>> I use eix for searching portage. Emerge eix then replace your crontab >>> "emerge --sync" line with "eix-sync" and away you go. > ... >> I'll have to look more into eix. Haven't ever used it much. Years ago, > ... >> I also have nightly crons that send me a list of what needs updated, >> although I'm just doing those with portage, not eix. > +1 for eix. I have this in cron.daily: > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/eix-sync > /usr/bin/emerge -DuNf @world @system @installed > > This syncs and downloads any updated sources that I might install. I also have a line for 'eselect news read new' in my daily cron, so I get any new news emailed to me.
Why are you including @installed in your package list? Shouldn't @world pull in all of those anyway, since your USE flags shouldn't have changed? -- Matthew Walker HAM Call Sign: N7TOX Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
