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Am 02.08.2014 09:17, schrieb Dale: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>> Am 01.08.2014 16:30, schrieb behrouz khosravi: |
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>>> Hello everybody. |
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>>> I have a little bandwidth problem. I don't want to update my packages |
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>>> very frequently. |
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>>> Is it save to sync my portage not very often, say every month or two, |
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>>> so when I install something I wont be warned that some of my packages |
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>>> are outdated? |
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>>> In this manner I wont need to mask my packages, to prevent them from |
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>>> updating, right ? |
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>>> |
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>>> Thanks. |
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>>> |
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>>> . |
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>>> |
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>> the longer you wait, the more problems you will have. |
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>> So sync often. |
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>> Installing the actual updates? On a weekly basis is a good rule of thumb. |
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>> And don't use --pretend, use --ask. Portage has become slow as f.... |
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>> over time. You don't want to waste time to let it do the same twice. |
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>> Also: read the manual. You obviously haven't - or did not understand |
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>> everything you read, so read again. For your own safety. |
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> Back when I was on dial-up, I did my updates on Monday I think it was. |
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> In the case of OOo, just downloading the tarball could take a couple |
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> days. Once a week is pretty good in my opinion as well. I'd be nervous |
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> about going months tho. On occasion that can get to be a bit much. If |
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> two nasty updates hit at the same time, it could get touchy. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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> . |
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back when I was responsible to keep 250 net-junkies online, the longer I |
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waited the worse the problems. And you only have so much time between |
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different WoW raids... |
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