Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:18:03 +0200, Daniel Iliev wrote: > > >> Let me explain what I'm trying to do. I want to automate "emerge --sync >> && emerge -DuNv world" with a cron job >> > > I'm not sure automating emerge -u world is good idea. I have a cron task > that does > > emerge --sync > emerge -upvDN world | mail > emerge -ufDN world > > Then I read the mail and decide on the updates before anything is merged. > > --SNIP-- > >
Thank you very much, Neil! I'm going to follow 100% of your advice. It never crossed my stupid mind that I can automate only reporting and fetching the pending updates without actually merging them. I also prefer updates to take place in my presence. -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
