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From: "Benedikt Böhm" <hollow@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: update commands / world file pollution Re: [gentoo-dev] Stable sys-devel/gcc USE flag changes WAS: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: ChangeLog toolchain.eclass
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:36:50
Message-Id: CAN-7s6a+LEpQnA_EU__pgaUMKXLvw+wxYcFS9N4P3Oif83xkVA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: update commands / world file pollution Re: [gentoo-dev] Stable sys-devel/gcc USE flag changes WAS: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: ChangeLog toolchain.eclass by Michael Weber
1 On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Michael Weber <xmw@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > I'd like to drop one strong suggestion about configuration management
6 > that might be beneficial here: use version control software!
7 >
8 > Some machines (esp. those with shared administration) have /etc/portage
9 > under git [1] with
10 >
11
12 or even /etc/.git ... it saved my life on numerous occasions
13
14 The update is almost unattended with [2].
15 >
16
17 for reference, here is my updateworld script, which also handles python,
18 ruby, perl, revdep-rebuild and all that crap:
19 https://github.com/zenops/cookbooks/blob/master/cookbooks/portage/files/default/scripts/updateworld
20
21 - Bene

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