Am 01.08.2014 16:30, schrieb behrouz khosravi: > Hello everybody. > I have a little bandwidth problem. I don't want to update my packages > very frequently. > Is it save to sync my portage not very often, say every month or two, > so when I install something I wont be warned that some of my packages > are outdated? > In this manner I wont need to mask my packages, to prevent them from > updating, right ? > > Thanks. > > . > the longer you wait, the more problems you will have.
So sync often. Installing the actual updates? On a weekly basis is a good rule of thumb. And don't use --pretend, use --ask. Portage has become slow as f.... over time. You don't want to waste time to let it do the same twice. Also: read the manual. You obviously haven't - or did not understand everything you read, so read again. For your own safety.
