Dieter Soltau wrote:

> kev wrote:
>
>> does this compare with gentoo?
>
>> does the 'emerge sync' command also bring
>> in security patches?
> emerge sync just synchronises the portage.
>
> "emerge --update system" is what you ask. it updates all system related
> packages to the next stable version, if there is such. this might be a new
> version for security reasons, or just new features.
> there also is "emerge --update world", wich will look for updates in
> system *and* stuff like KDE, etc..
>
> i regulary check "emerge --update --pretend world" too see whats new and
> if i need it.

thanks for the reply.

what is the difference between 'system related packages' and packages such
as KDE?

thanks,

kev