[gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?

hello, I heard of that using emerge --sync frequently may hert my hard-disk, so I don't have a try --sync quite often(maybe once a month), but how can I know whether I really need a sync and upgrade my system if a new kernel or glibc is realised? Is there a simple and quick method? Thank

[gentoo-user] 2007.0's profile?

Hello, Today after I run emerge --sync, I find that the 2007.0's profile is added, so what should I do with it? is that ln -s 2007.0's profile to /etc/make.profile then emerge -avuDN world just OK? If not, what should I need to do? Thanks very much! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] 2007.0's profile?

On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 07:04:21AM +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Sonntag, 15. April 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > Today after I run emerge --sync, I find that the 2007.0's profile is > > added, so what should I do with it? > > nothing > > > is that ln -s 2007.0's

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?

Hello, I just want to know another method to gain the latest x86 stable branch's update info, nothing more else, what I have heard of I mensioned in the first thread really wasn't the point I wanted to make, so... can all of you ignore of it... Any way, thank you all;p -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ma

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?

use a war too?... On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 17 April 2007, anhnmncb wrote: > > Hello, > > I just want to know another method to gain the latest x86 stable > > branch's update info, nothing more else, what I have heard of I &g

Re: [gentoo-user] How can I know which package needs to upgrade without using emerge --sync?

On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 06:30:58PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > That's one way of doing it, but I believe it will be slower in the long > run. You have to load the page, read it, and decide is anything of > interest is new. If so, you then have to emerge --sync anyway, so why > not just do it r

[gentoo-user] why does gentoo's groff haven't chem's module?

Hi, list: Nowaday I try to learn groff's module chem to draw chemical strutrues, I find although gentoo has the latest groff, but it doesn't contain the chem module, so I want to know why? or maybe I make some mistake? Thank you for any advice or indicator. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] how to open a chdired rxvt?

hi, list: I want to bound a key-binding to open a chdired rxvt. Say I'm in fvwm and the working dir is ~/, then I want to open a rxvt, which working dir is ~/doc, so I try: rxvt -hold -e bash -c "cd ~/doc" but it doesn't work. I don't know if I express clearly? Any advice will be regards.

Re: [gentoo-user] how to open a chdired rxvt?

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 04:08:55PM +0200, Daniel Vrcic wrote: > DestroyFunc FvwmTermDoc > AddToFunc FvwmTermDoc > + I Exec exec $(cd ~/doc && rxvt) > > # Keybind > Key C A MC FvwmTermDoc > > -- > Daniel Vrcic > -- solved, well done! Thank you, Daniel Vrcic. My way: Key C

[gentoo-user] how to show urxvt's name in windowlist?

hello, list: when I assign a name to urxvt and run it: urxvt -name foo -e bash -c "foo" why the windowlist still show "[EMAIL PROTECTED]: pwd"? I expect it should show "foo". What should I do? I appreciate any suggestion and advice. wm: fvwm. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] about kdrive

Hi, list: The last time I used kdrive(maybe one month ago), I found it was very quick, but it couldn't find the font's dir and always tried to find fonts in /var/tmp/portage/x11-base/kdrive/work/...(sorry, but I can't remember exactly the dir ...), I also have tried kdrive which inclued in xorg-s