090909 Maxim Wexler wrote:
> My netbook has only (4+8)G of sketchy SSD + SDHC RAM for everything
> and I am determined not to emerge anything I don't really need.
> But now that I'm mobile I have the capability of doing a -uD world
> whenever it's required without having to take days of dialup time.
> Question is, when's that? I assume with fewer packages,
> updating is not as urgent as on a big desktop
> with lots of HD space and lots of apps.
I recently successfully updated my stand-by desktop machine after 10 months.
I never do 'emerge world' without the '-p' flag,
but 'emerge -Dup world' shows an ordered list of what needs doing
& you can work thro' the list 1 lineful of pkgs at a time.
I update my working machine once/week ('eix-sync' & 'emerge -Dup world').
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