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 1Ht2qu-0008Vx-35 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:39:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4TEb9bR000384; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:37:09 GMT Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4TEUDnO024449 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:30:14 GMT Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c8so561955ana for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 07:30:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=l438gcj/Id4w28dms23YubJqA9Ku7UlBJ9gSYA1O88+TWd6uL8Ypzg09m/PxHvYK/l8NV1dJ3kpPPJT8tq/rcAHRH8m5KqLE6FQ7fOelhyDdrrCEH15eQk0JYfQpkrjIzzd1m2r1q0IA2U3uTosGWxlzy6pSi6mwzzz8rmBewlU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=C8F+xYEbcHzF3etn5QvaYhZxGXitNe41qWFTLiIvg+hlnuawpYy5cnZWJwfFPOsxfDB/iUBnxAKGErKSdoi+SDYJuy5wqKY0A4Wz2QpfiZ8FfTmEvUmNPcbmw4qsaQbTFg4F+dc+7dvDoxGBAkbv0nb9mkNhNzCKyc/S3AT96JE= Received: by 10.78.120.6 with SMTP id s6mr2007217huc.1180448999940; Tue, 29 May 2007 07:29:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.83.20 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2007 07:29:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <642958cc0705290729v2efbfd73v7575c2e50d906fb6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:29:59 -0400 From: "Mark Shields" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration? In-Reply-To: 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_21388_26625326.1180448999801" References: X-Archives-Salt: 88125a00-347c-4336-998e-0d591968c1a5 X-Archives-Hash: 95cd99837d3da7098b34894ded74a50b ------=_Part_21388_26625326.1180448999801 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 5/29/07, 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"? > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > I sync and do an emerge -DNpvu world daily. The results are e-mailed to me by vixie-cron. This allows me to read what new packages are available and also see the updates available. These logs are sent to my gmail address with a label and filter. If I am so inclined I can view the current one or past ones. I can then log into the box and run emerge -DNavu world and update, then run etc-update after that. The only thing that's been bugging me is restarting services after they've been updated (automagically, or near-auto). -- - Mark Shields ------=_Part_21388_26625326.1180448999801 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 5/29/07, Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> 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"?
--
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list


I sync and do an emerge -DNpvu world daily.  The results are e-mailed to me by vixie-cron.  This allows me to read what new packages are available and also see the updates available.  These logs are sent to my gmail address with a label and filter.  If I am so inclined I can view the current one or past ones.  I can then log into the box and run emerge -DNavu world and update, then run etc-update after that.  The only thing that's been bugging me is restarting services after they've been updated (automagically, or near-auto).

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- Mark Shields ------=_Part_21388_26625326.1180448999801-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list