From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QPJQP-0000Nb-7e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 19:07:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A06141C0F8 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 19:07:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59821C0B5 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 18:44:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so4227230yxm.40 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=6OxmZpmiI1CewwaK4GvgO8zeliTg5tTVoDFkPu5doHI=; b=J+1Lps2z/ueEDLyTWifIxXwGBPI2tOWArN4GCd4GvPil8tH/2G3Z3mxQWXwhiwT8nC 2zLWygH0TKVrsl4IC7zRi6u8lVl8cz2bZaRYQIcaAmMFVdFUKqU4X65aq618bsa7tBUl wvuAYoi+GgIGFBHoR9wa7R/Rh5q8/JaB1rxf0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=C8FTgy86U0wmBerrjHJzKmpEsEYluL+AWB3FBuXv2QDWmf+pItzzGsDUkJJCgcX2Dx Px5QHWRATADF4ZjxhaxroHSh0zQfsssuM6K3BDB4Ujhtg5tHW1GfFGhtOKoWCVZ4P8EN UzWXW208Psh4ZJdFdd73ZCVRn6O1wo6NhGMQU= Received: by 10.236.195.99 with SMTP id o63mr6643286yhn.238.1306349073072; Wed, 25 May 2011 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.147.83.8 with HTTP; Wed, 25 May 2011 11:43:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Nils Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:43:53 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Managing multiple servers. To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf305e25937401f704a41e1801 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 4910390cc3d29ab2d48bb167d770bed6 --20cf305e25937401f704a41e1801 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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? --20cf305e25937401f704a41e1801 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
When I was = managing multiple servers, I would have a cron job set to eix-sync daily (t= he maximum frequency Gentoo recommends syncing), then once a week I would h= ave emerge -DNpvu world =A0 e-mailed from cron. =A0I would then review the = e-mail and see if I wanted to upgrade. =A0If I didn't, I'd mask the= package version and move on.

May I ask why would would sync once a day but o= nly run emerge once a week?
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