From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DryBm-0005fm-Bp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:19:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6BDGJmK031690; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:16:19 GMT Received: from tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts43.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.110]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6BDA898010620 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:10:08 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.116.103]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <20050711131047.PIEC2981.tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:10:47 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:10:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:10:47 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages? Message-ID: <20050711131047.GA7112@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20050711123427.GA2457@daniel> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050711123427.GA2457@daniel> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 87e93d52-6808-4015-ac2b-7c23ac1e4f4a X-Archives-Hash: e85b1253e4d87483c99c800c0b24938f 050711 danielhf@21cn.com wrote: > portage reminds me of updating packages frequently, > i have to decide what to update, and if it's worth downloading? > is there a easy way to see "what's new" of those packages to be updated? > the ChangeLog within /usr/portage/xxx-xxx/ make no sense to me. 'emerge esearch', then use 'esync', which updates your package list & finally lists all updated packages with colors to show those installed. I use it every week with an extra check via 'update -Dup world', which helps in deciding the order in which to emerge packages. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list