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From: Neil Walker <neil@×××××××.nu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:46:41
Message-Id: 461FDB77.5040605@ep.mine.nu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync? by anhnmncb@gmail.com
1 anhnmncb@×××××.com wrote:
2 > I heard of that using emerge --sync frequently may hert my hard-disk
3
4 My network server has been doing a daily "emerge --sync" for 4 years
5 now. Hasn't died yet. FWIW, simply running Windows puts far more strain
6 on the HD than doing a daily sync in Gentoo ever will. Just watch the HD
7 LED on a Windows system that isn't even doing anything sometime.
8
9
10 Be lucky,
11
12 Neil
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