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140801 behrouz khosravi wrote: |
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> I have a little bandwidth problem. |
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> I don't want to update my packages 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 |
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> that some of my packages are outdated? |
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Every month sb ok : I update my desktop machine once/week, |
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but my netbook only perhaps once/year. |
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However, the packages with big downloads -- eg LibreOffice -- |
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tend to update less often, so it won't make a big difference. |
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> In this manner I wont need to mask my packages, |
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> to prevent them from updating, right ? |
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I've been using Gentoo since 2003 & have never done 'emerge world' |
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without the '-p' flag. I do 'eix-sync' & make a list of updates, |
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then emerge them individually, & I've never got into a mess. |
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Sometimes, if someone does a big 'emerge world' after a long delay, |
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there cb difficult upgrades which require special treatment |
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& s/he can get into a tangle without any obvious way out. |
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For some items -- again eg LO -- you don't need to do every update : |
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I'm using 4.2.0.4 (Portage stable 4.2.5.2) & won't update till 4.3.x.x . |
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A lot of the changes are minor bug fixes or features I don't use. |
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