From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199F81381F3 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2012 03:57:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBD9921C071; Wed, 5 Dec 2012 03:56:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B41CCE0683 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2012 03:55:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f53.google.com with SMTP id c50so2818269eek.40 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:55:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=1ObtiJnS+XfD1W0bEGYO42JfehZSAhsvzJoUdMKCbwk=; b=cOKtnRKpeneBMwQSMukpL4rclNXcEXncJBVTKgavfcJ69dcdBiOsPAdh2REGv1c9zH 5bQWfq9t1eobjG7Mnq7osi/E432kEylDRLFcA9DapC3qjUzqoXsK53GcEaOVMq6h6/3+ pJh+BDuQBJQPU3CSn6slSZ3ktYsWry+uoQy/T+NXtOUfCD0+JoRDlvNyV53muLdVlxAK jptJzHzM5ZfQX8ELnb6AAs5S113wt7Dw+E3e5GGMRnqMAEtLLFj1Tt1AkUnkw7ZrGhiA otCGXjSGwMswsXR22fgH7ld7GPO1x7D/oyTzdc+wa8JL3dSO8B0Dsp8hDZwICotlq2uk 2pvA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.175.198 with SMTP id z46mr55875123eel.26.1354679722286; Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:55:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.60.69 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:55:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50BEA1A8.3090500@gmail.com> References: <50BEA1A8.3090500@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:55:22 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] System maintenance procedure? From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b603e74a19ea204d012f357 X-Archives-Salt: da6ad7d7-eed7-431e-be0d-ad35b25943df X-Archives-Hash: d3528f630c5604301742a0b384dd29f1 --047d7b603e74a19ea204d012f357 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > My unattended daily system maintenance procedure is like this: > > > > layman -S > > emerge --sync > > emerge -pvDuN world > > emerge -pv --depclean > > eclean -p distfiles > > eclean -p packages > > > > And then attended like this: > > > > emerge -DuN world > > revdep-rebuild > > etc-update > > elogv > > emerge --depclean > > eclean distfiles > > eclean packages > > > > Am I missing any good stuff? > > > > - Grant > > > I would use the -a option unless the output of the first part is being > emailed to you or something. Exactly, it's being emailed to me and I should have said so. > Other than using -a instead of -p, I don't see anything missing. Just > check the USE flags before letting it update. They get changed > sometimes and it could cause issues. Sometimes the change is for the > good so always look into it first. > > You *may* want to look into dispatch-conf too. It does the same as > etc-update but it keeps records in case a updated config file borks your > system. Just a thought. I will do that. dispatch-conf sounds like a good thing. - Grant --047d7b603e74a19ea204d012f357 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > My unattended daily system maintenance procedure is like this:> >
> > layman -S
> > emerge --sync
> > e= merge -pvDuN world
> > emerge -pv --depclean
> > eclean -= p distfiles
> > eclean -p packages
> >
> > And then attended li= ke this:
> >
> > emerge -DuN world
> > revdep-re= build
> > etc-update
> > elogv
> > emerge --depc= lean
> > eclean distfiles
> > eclean packages
> >
>= ; > Am I missing any good stuff?
> >
> > - Grant
&g= t;
>
> I would use the -a option unless the output of the first= part is being
> emailed to you or something.

Exactly, it's being emailed to= me and I should have said so.

> Other than using -a instead of -= p, I don't see anything missing. =A0Just
> check the USE flags be= fore letting it update. =A0They get changed
> sometimes and it could cause issues. =A0Sometimes the change is for th= e
> good so always look into it first.
>
> You *may* want= to look into dispatch-conf too. =A0It does the same as
> etc-update = but it keeps records in case a updated config file borks your
> system. =A0Just a thought.

I will do that. =A0dispatch-con= f sounds like a good thing.

- Grant
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