140801 behrouz khosravi wrote: > I have a little bandwidth problem. > I don't want to update my packages very frequently. > Is it save to sync my portage not very often, say every month or two, > so when I install something I wont be warned > that some of my packages are outdated?
Every month sb ok : I update my desktop machine once/week, but my netbook only perhaps once/year. However, the packages with big downloads -- eg LibreOffice -- tend to update less often, so it won't make a big difference. > In this manner I wont need to mask my packages, > to prevent them from updating, right ? I've been using Gentoo since 2003 & have never done 'emerge world' without the '-p' flag. I do 'eix-sync' & make a list of updates, then emerge them individually, & I've never got into a mess. Sometimes, if someone does a big 'emerge world' after a long delay, there cb difficult upgrades which require special treatment & s/he can get into a tangle without any obvious way out. For some items -- again eg LO -- you don't need to do every update : I'm using 4.2.0.4 (Portage stable 4.2.5.2) & won't update till 4.3.x.x . A lot of the changes are minor bug fixes or features I don't use. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
