On Wednesday 25 May 2011 21:09:02 Kristjan Kalder wrote:
> On 25.05.2011 21:43, Nils wrote:
> >     When I was managing multiple servers, I would have a cron job set
> >     to eix-sync daily (the maximum frequency Gentoo recommends
> >     syncing), then once a week I would have emerge -DNpvu world
> >     e-mailed from cron.  I would then review the e-mail and see if I
> >     wanted to upgrade.  If I didn't, I'd mask the package version and
> >     move on.
> > 
> > May I ask why would would sync once a day but only run emerge once a
> > week?
> 
> To reduce network traffic for one single rsync session?

if you emerge --sync only the time you plan emerge -uDN world, it's less heavy 
for everyone rather than everyday sync and weekly emerge -u...
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