On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:30:07 +0200, Thomas Fini Hansen wrote:
> > I have just discovered Gentoo Linux, which is a very "lean" Linux
>
> Speaking in favour of precompiled packages, is the fact that I can get
> the latest security updates installed with a single command. I'll
> trade in a bit of performance and 'custom build' for that.
"emerge sync; emerge -u world". Takes a while and it isn't one command,
but in practice I find it easier than 'up2date --nox -u' (although it
does take a bit longer).
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