-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/07/2015 07:19 PM, Joseph wrote: > On 02/07/15 21:38, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 7 Feb 2015 14:06:30 -0700, Joseph wrote: >> >>> I'll try it next time. When I upgrade and have to scroll via >>> 200+ messages of emerge packages it is easy to not to notice >>> about some critical information; in my case "grub" that was >>> calling to run "grub-install" or the system will not boot. I >>> wish the packages without any changes or warning wouldn't even >>> show up after upgrade. >> >> 1) Don't leave it so long between upgrades. > > I usually try not to exceed 2-months between upgrades. I think this > is a reasonable time. > > I upgrade my backup machines first and if nothing happen (no > surprises) I proceed with main server upgrade. Wait for one week > and if everything is working correctly I upgrade my boxes in a > remote location over ssh. All boxes are rsync to single local box. > Oh, and I check gentoo news group for discussion as well :-) prior > to upgrades. > >> 2) Read man make.conf and >> /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for details of the >> ELOG_ settings to have warnings and info mailed to you. > > In my make.conf I have: PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info warn error log" > > Maybe I should skip: info and log; to have less trafic.
The default is "log warn error"; "info" is normally used to describe what is going on in the middle of a build; the log/warn/error levels may be used to inform the user of actions required after a build. - -- Jonathan Callen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU1sHSAAoJEEIQbvYRB3mg3FoQAOGp8FVzcVToVMyFvcnYV2h9 hROGkue39JfsjlGz2btmwnSGiXQysIUzjom+Ffb5oJX5u6VAcD5XXo+NLAi0XhOD R/vd0vHdchxOIM8Nftz+8TO6FAwlEyRp1VU7CHyrV3iO9kNpaAR4e8FOrtakRZFk b/GlWkD7eQO4cavvztnTmFNbf6RMnbO2qvRPeJuIjXqJfW5TWawxg6zWCJ01wxbJ T4PZzY2KtxlGo6EpTFrGusXlUfF/VzXS6JORzXZDE3xKJr3si+HO1bw+431GPsUw afRwPa8wQehZnaNngqf2LATEpjH8oeQH9/5Mj8RmQ+a/Jp5+me+Mdu8flwskp1MU SClWDfC2w8mag0nIt0WDmAdgYkYFvH0Kbv58ytCQg0eoIDyAkXHdIl6rUpnxI0rM 7g9a40xEf5BY3Kp/fMb3n4FcDeDsr6YJQU9kjsz3RV3PxLWMQM9NdiaTuGzfpK3F i8HbeJ7TrRZ+qdhL6hefyfD+wkahoETcY4q4d8ewoVK3+rYz8Nclp/XcJTHYkGC2 biAaD+RjZQh74fLgEkzZUPcCHEyrKMAQtuv7bySd8wDjaLk3uy3m3WmpuuVdtl5o +/ZZ01A6pSsuJB5YtZ5FRqPSkY5q1dSpf+Lq85rkvbQrjjCBcVfjlOxzkcDM/CJD cqJA2+RBZ5ZJ2J+KlDQ3 =+fsp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
