* Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
@ 2007-05-29 14:50 99% ` Daniel Iliev
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From: Daniel Iliev @ 2007-05-29 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:01:39 -0400
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"?
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
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