Gene Poole wrote:
> I've been a Slackware user for years but I've recently made the switch
> to Gentoo on a few boxes to see how it suits my needs. I've got my
> system set up the way I like it with X11, gdm, fluxbox, and all the GUI
> apps my wife needs (firefox, skype, etc). My question now is how to
> keep it all up-to-date. Emerge and portage sound simple enough in
> concept, but it seems like every time I dig into the docs, I discover
> another command or option that I was unaware of. I'd like to script out
> the update process as much as possible, but I'm not sure if I've got all
> my bases covered. Here's what I do now:
>
> emerge --sync
> emerge -Du world

I wouldn't use the -D, as you will be upgrading more packages than you need
and you get a higher risk of breaking another program.

emerge -u world


> etc-update [follow the prompts]


> I'm sure I'm missing some important steps.

Once in a while run

revdep-rebuild -- -p

to see if there is a broken dependency, portage ain't as good on keeping track
of all dependencies as RPM does.


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//Aho