Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > and the default is oneshot
I would always recommend to put -1 into EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS; you can still use --select if you really want a new package in a word file: after the first installation this should happen rather rarely (and you can still use -n --select later on if you forgot it and realize that depclean wants to remove it). (Also there is the world script from the mv overlay which, among other things, keeps/compares a backup of your world/world_set file, just in case...) > Then there's esyn, which syncs both the gentoo tree and layman, as well > as automatically handling ebuild patching and redigesting You can use eix-sync for that: If properly configured it handles tree and layman sync, eix-update (and eix-remote if required) and also has all sorts of hooks which can be used to call your patching/redigesting scripts; if you need an exceptional usage (e.g. to skip gentoo/layman syncing and/or the patching hooks) you can pass parameters to eix-sync. The advantage is that you will probably have a better behaviour in case some of the tasks fail... > I have a similar set, but starting with k* instead of e*, for automatic > mainline kernel fetching, building, etc. This is rather cumbersome, since you should have different permissions for building and installing (if you use the recommended way to build into a separate KBUILD_OUTPUT with e.g. portage permissions). Except for fetching, you might want to use the kernel script from the mv overlay.
