Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Update portage cache ... horribly slow
Date:	Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:49:35
Message-Id:	`20050928143922.1cd4aca4@hactar.digimed.co.uk`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Update portage cache ... horribly slow by Holly Bostick

1	On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:04:43 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
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3	> Well, esync might be what you want-- it's part of gentoolkit,
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5	esync is part or esearch. If you prefer eix, it has an equivalent now,
6	diff-eix.
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8	This is the script I run from cron.daily
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10	emerge world --update --deep --newuse --pretend --verbose \| Mail -s "Updated packages for $(hostname)" neil
11	glsa-check 2>/dev/null --test all \| Mail -s "GLSA check on $(hostname)" neil
12	cp -f /var/cache/eix /var/cache/eix.old update-eix
13	diff-eix /var/cache/eix.old \| Mail -s "New packages on $(hostname)" neil
14	emerge world --update --deep --newuse --fetchonly
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17	--
18	Neil Bothwick
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20	Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.