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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:54:40PM -0600 or thereabouts, Justin Krejci wrote: |
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> I have written a quick little script to help prevent a server from syncing its |
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> portage tree more than once per 24 hours. Syncing more frequently is more |
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> likely to happen on a server with multiple admins, so instead of keeping |
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> track of when anyone syncs the tree we now just use this little script. We |
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> use esearch instead of calling emerge directly but the script can be adjusted |
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> very easily. |
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> If anyone has come up with a better way to do this, I'd love to see it. |
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Um...why not just cron it and never worry about it again? If there are |
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specific security updates, you can run a manual sync on an exception basis. |
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If you have multiple admins trying to patch the same security hole on the |
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same box, you have bigger problems anyway. |
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--kurt |
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