On Wednesday 23 March 2016 07:48:11 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 05:35:19 PM Arve Barsnes wrote: > > On 22 March 2016 at 15:43, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 March 2016 08:55:26 Alan Grimes wrote: > > > #!/bin/bash > > > # > > > # /usr/local/sbin/sync-update > > > # > > > emerge --sync &&\ > > > echo &&\ > > > echo " Updating eix database..."; eix-update; echo &&\ > > > emerge -auDvU --jobs=12 --load-average=20 --nospinner > > > --keep-going > > > world &&\ > > > echo > > > > Check out this handy tip[1] to make portage run eix-update > > automatically after every sync. That way, you get eix-update even > > after a manual sync. > > > > [1] > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/Advanced#Using_.2Fet > > c.2 Fportage.2Fpostsync.d_location > > Or simply use "eix-sync" instead of "emerge --sync" > Less typing and does both in the right sequence.
I didn't know about eix-sync when I wrote that little script and just haven't bothered to change it. -- Rgds Peter linux counter 5290, 1994/04/23
