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Richard Freeman <rich0@g.o> posted 4842013B.7090101@g.o, |
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excerpted below, on Sat, 31 May 2008 21:54:03 -0400: |
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> but you can go one better. When paludis dies it can be asked to create |
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> a resume script - a command line that will resume where it left off. |
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> This will include all the packages that it hadn't yet installed. You |
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> can edit this command line as you please and execute it. |
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> It isn't exactly --skipfirst, but it is better in some regards and maybe |
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> worse in others. |
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That's a very nice feature, indeed! I'm impressed! =8^) |
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[snipped discussion of a feature I've no comment on] |
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> Also - paludis's support for GLSAs is nice - paludis -i security will |
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> install all security updates, and paludis --report will catch any |
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> unfixed GLSAs. |
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That's nice for folks running what to me might as well be 20th century |
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software, stable folks who are running servers and the like and thus |
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don't update very often. There's certainly a place for such. However, |
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here I run all ~amd64, normally synced and updated (deep newuse world) |
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weekly or better, and by the time the GLSAs come out, I've often been |
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running the fixed versions for weeks already! I do still keep track of |
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the announcements, and check versions occasionally, but only maybe once |
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or twice a year does the GLSA come out close enough to the release of the |
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fix that I actually have to do an upgrade based on it. |
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Therefore, automated GLSA processing might be nice for some, just as the |
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terrible quakes in China were literally the end of the world for some, |
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but neither one really affects me where I live. |
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> Again - the best package manager is situation-dependent. I'm |
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> occasionally disappointed by some of paludis's developers (and some of |
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> its detractors), but it is a very capable piece of software. |
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Absolutely agreed, the best PM *IS* situation dependent. I'm also very |
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glad Gentoo's got a wealth of three entirely different choices to choose |
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from. Definitely following the Open Source and standardisation spirit! |
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=8^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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