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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Consistency checking
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:18:32
Message-Id: CAK2H+edCGAFODfPXf=LX7eyg4=4LEWea7sAvMPVH41Y7jx33mQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Consistency checking by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:45 PM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I know of three commands to check the consistency of a Gentoo system:
5 >
6 >
7 >    eix-sync && emerge --color=n -p -v --newuse --update --deep world
8 >    emerge -p -v --depclean
9 >    revdep-rebuild --ignore -p -v
10 >
11 > of course, one has to remove the -p and -v flags after checking the
12 > putput of the commands.
13 >
14 > What else can be checked and should be checked from time to time or
15 > after each update?
16 >
17 > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
18 >
19 > Best regards,
20 > mcc
21
22 eix-test-obsolete -d
23
24 to check your portage file setups. I think it's quite helpful for
25 'mostly stable' systems like I run. I've never seen much advantage to
26 the -c or -C options myself.
27
28 - Mark