Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Serge Hooge
> - read the homepage news > - check the bugtracker (and forums if I'm not in a hurry) for major > kernel ("[linux] ...") issues and other still active bugs from > that timeframe, especially those with a high priority and a large > number of votes/comments > - run my backup script > - run pac

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Jens Adam
I'd do the following: - read the homepage news - check the bugtracker (and forums if I'm not in a hurry) for major kernel ("[linux] ...") issues and other still active bugs from that timeframe, especially those with a high priority and a large number of votes/comments - run my backup script

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Guus Snijders
Op 6 nov. 2015 09:25 schreef "Aron Widforss" : > > Hi, > > I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my > loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four > months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these > programs handle long-term

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread G. Schlisio
> Hi, > > I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my > loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four > months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these > programs handle long-term stasis, will things break horribly when I come >

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Aron Widforss
Ah, it seems easy to just make small hops a couple of weeks at a time using the Archive. Thanks!

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Aron Widforss wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my > loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four > months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these > programs handle long-

Re: [arch-general] Long-term offline Arch system

2015-11-06 Thread Leonidas Spyropoulos
Hello Aron, On 06/11/15, Aron Widforss wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going out for a four month hike next spring, and will not bring my > loved XPS with me. It struck me yesterday that being offline for four > months is something pacman and yaourt might not like. How do these > programs handle long-term s