On August 22, 2003 04:01 pm, Spider wrote:
> And, Normally i never script updates. i don't think anyone in their sane
> mind does that. our system as it is builds on manual updates and slow
> migration, since we do api-changing / config changing updates...
>
> Had we had a stable product with a si
23, 2003 6:22 AM
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Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] auto Emerge world
Very interesting link. So, I would say that the capabilities are there
and just need to be communicated. Another person in this thread (Jason
Stubbs, I believe) mentioned something to the effect that packages
] auto Emerge world
Having said that, you may wonder why I do automatically update. As I said
before, it's just to try and do my little bit to help the distro. I have all
my data on a separate partition and am okay with losing a day or two to
rebuild the system if something breaks really b
Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Saturday, 23 August 2003, at 11:42 pm, Terje Kvernes wrote:
>
> > I've been running ~x86 on three boxes for a couple of months now,
> > with the latest and greatest. things work surprisingly well, with
> > some tidbits here and there requiring testes...
On Saturday, 23 August 2003, at 11:42 pm, Terje Kvernes wrote:
I've been running ~x86 on three boxes for a couple of months now,
with the latest and greatest. things work surprisingly well, with
some tidbits here and there requiring testes...
I think you're saying it takes balls to run ~86..
Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[ ... ]
> (0) By all means use mostly stable packages, but let all update
> recommendations age 2 weeks before performing the updates, then do
> them singly and manually watching for anomalies and recommendations.
I've been running ~x86 on three box
g or should I just keep using it while it's
> stable? Just some thoughts.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Heschi Kreinick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] auto
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> I've been following this thread and it occurs to me that doing an auto
> emerge world might be better handled if
> I've been following this thread and it occurs to me that doing an auto
> emerge world might be better handled if there was some way to --pretend
> this a print a log of what would be updated. It could even be a
> menu-driven process allowing you to choose what to update. Does this
> sound feasi
On Saturday 23 August 2003 19:41, Lionel Laratte wrote:
> I'm a Gentoo newbie and not a programmer or even all that experienced at
> Linux. However, I am a technology manager for what it's worth. Anyway,
> I've been following this thread and it occurs to me that doing an auto
> emerge world might
Jeffrey Smelser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 12:25 AM
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Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] auto Emerge world
Done it.. :) Since I don't do automatic updates, I let one of my 486's
get pretty far behind.. over 6-9 months as a matter of fact.. I did a
Done it.. :) Since I don't do automatic updates, I let one of my 486's
get pretty far behind.. over 6-9 months as a matter of fact.. I did a
emerge sync, emerge -udp system.. Did the gcc and glibc on their own to
make sure they worked, and just kept on working the list until it was
gone, then did w
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:48:38 +0900
Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To sum up, if you want absolutely no breakage then Dhruba, Collins and
> Spider have the right ideas - especially Collins with his "wait two
> weeks" policy. Actually Spider broke his test box recently and di
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:48:38 +0900
Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 23 August 2003 00:22, Jeffrey Smelser wrote:
> > OK, maybe its just me and I am a control freak.. (hell, my wife says
> > I can be.. :) ).. How can anyone just write a script to emerge world
> > all
On Saturday 23 August 2003 09:48, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> P.S. My reference to intellect does not imply that the aforementioned
> people are lacking in that area - there responses confirm that they are
> not. My point is that you're average user migrating from RedHat or possibly
On Saturday 23 August 2003 00:22, Jeffrey Smelser wrote:
> OK, maybe its just me and I am a control freak.. (hell, my wife says I can
> be.. :) ).. How can anyone just write a script to emerge world all the time
> and expect the system to just be ok?? Maybe its because of my systems being
> here so
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:22:55 -0500
"Jeffrey Smelser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
>
> How can anyone just write a script to emerge world all
> the time and expect the system to just be ok??
> The Perl thing is a great example..
> Care to help me out?
>
> Btw, I am not
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:10:10 +0100
Dhruba Bandopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeffrey Smelser wrote:
> > I am just trying to figure out how you guys just do emerge world's
> > all the time without breaking anything.
>
> Steps to a safe system.
>
> Do allow a script to:
>
> (1) Sync
> (2)
Jeffrey Smelser wrote:
I am just trying to figure out how you guys just do emerge world's all the time without breaking anything.
Steps to a safe system.
Do allow a script to:
(1) Sync
(2) Do pretend updates
(3) Fetch updates
(4) Email root with pretend updates
(5) Log emerge activity
Do NOT allo
All,
OK, maybe its just me and I am a control freak.. (hell, my wife says I can be.. :) )..
How can anyone just write a script to emerge world all the time and expect the system
to just be ok?? Maybe its because of my systems being here so long. I have used
gentoo since very early in the proce
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