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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FmfrM-0004th-9t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:48:48 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k53NkWQU022100; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 23:46:32 GMT Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k53Nf8rI032432 for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 23:41:08 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.187.64]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <20060603234107.JZAT27612.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:41:07 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:41:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 19:41:07 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] FreeBSD equivalent features? Message-ID: <20060603234107.GA6225@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <399397AA-0B32-46CA-AB69-E5CA54189CC5@lixfeld.ca> 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: <399397AA-0B32-46CA-AB69-E5CA54189CC5@lixfeld.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 4fe99c17-83d6-436a-837e-47cf161a1a50 X-Archives-Hash: 434537097b9206b6d39f8fc82d59162e 060603 Jason Lixfeld wrote: > I am very impressed with Gentoo. It's far superior to RedHat. No-one is likely to disagree with you here (grin). > 1) periodic(8) -- run periodic system functions. sys-process/vixie-cron . > 2) pkg_version -- summarize installed versions of packages. All installed packages are listed in /var/db/pkg/ under types. Emerge app-portage/eix & enter 'eix ' for individual packages. > 3) portaudit(1) -- check installed packages for known vulnerabilities. Emerge app-portage/gentoolkit , then enter glsa-check -l | grep "\[N\]" -- ========================,,============================================ 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