On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Matthew Walker <mwal...@kydance.net> wrote: > On 05/13/2014 07:57 AM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >> I use eix for searching portage. Emerge eix then replace your crontab >> "emerge --sync" line with "eix-sync" and away you go. ... > I'll have to look more into eix. Haven't ever used it much. Years ago, ... > I also have nightly crons that send me a list of what needs updated, > although I'm just doing those with portage, not eix.
+1 for eix. I have this in cron.daily: #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/eix-sync /usr/bin/emerge -DuNf @world @system @installed This syncs and downloads any updated sources that I might install. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
