Am Montag 15 August 2011, 19:25:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On Mon 15 August 2011 11:33:02 Paul Hartman did opine thusly: > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Alan McKinnon > > <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That caught me out a few times too. I put these commands into a > > > bash alias: > > > > > > emerge --sync > > > layman -S > > > eix-update > > > > > > and use that to sync portage. That way I don't leave steps out. > > > > Congratulations, you reinvented the "eix-sync" command. :) > > You caught me out :-) > > There was a reason (a good one) why I did that several years ago, but > for the life of me I can't think what it was.
if eix-sync fails with one of the overlays, all fails. if one overlay fails doing it step by step you can do all the other stuff without worrying about it. -- #163933
