Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: anhnmncb@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:27:17
Message-Id: 200704131119.17802.saschahlusiak@arcor.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync? by anhnmncb@gmail.com
1 > I heard of that using emerge --sync frequently may hert my hard-disk,
2 > so I don't have a try --sync quite often(maybe once a month), but how can
3 > I know whether I really need a sync and upgrade my system if a new kernel
4 > or glibc is realised? Is there a simple and quick method?
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6 You could have a look at packages.gentoo.org from time to time, to see the
7 recently updated packages and if you like one, you can emerge --sync.
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9 That's what I do to not sync, when there is no major upgrade.
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12 - Sascha

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