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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ht39k-0001WB-Ll for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:58:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4TEvPUn022051; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:57:25 GMT Received: from mail.ilievnet.com ([84.21.204.200]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4TEoPNO012203 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:50:29 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ilievnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DAE8B3B9 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 17:50:22 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new 2.4.1 (20060508) at ilievnet.com Received: from mail.ilievnet.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.ilievnet.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iX1sa6S1TTiR for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 17:50:13 +0300 (EEST) Received: from ilievnet.com (wiki.ilievnet.com [10.0.1.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: danny@ilievnet.com) by mail.ilievnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6858B3B8 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 17:50:13 +0300 (EEST) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 17:50:12 +0300 From: Daniel Iliev To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration? In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20070529145013.BF6858B3B8@mail.ilievnet.com> X-Archives-Salt: cde8a65f-da23-4c6e-832d-f5d30789f1fe X-Archives-Hash: 2b07e5bec0e203620946e70dc647aa7f On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:01:39 -0400 Denis wrote: > I'm curious to know your approach to keeping your Gentoo box current > without it becoming a full-time job. I'm not talking about > maintaining servers - just your "daily driver", so to say. > > How often do you sync with the current portage tree and compare it > your versions in "world"? Should one do this once a week? Once in > two weeks? > > How often to you update major components, like Xorg, kernel, and > system tool chain? As soon as new things become available, or, say, > once a month or so? > > The reason I ask is because I often don't have a lot of time to devote > to system administration on a regular basis but do want to keep my box > updated as much as possible. How do some of you non-developers > balance system administration with your "day job"? I have a daily cron job containing: === emerge --sync && \ emerge -DuNf world && \ glsa-check -t all 2>&1 | mail -s "GLSA report" root === In other words it syncs the tree, fetches all the new packages and then checks for security vulnerabilities. If glsa-chack says "This system is not affected by any of the listed GLSAs" I update when I have the time (mostly in the weekends), otherwise I update ASAP. -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list