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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 are outdated?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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>> Thanks. |
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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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