glcu - gentoo linux cron update (python version)

raven1982 · n00b Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 2

First of all, thanks to untiefe for creating this most useful piece of software

Now on to my problem...
I'm using glcu version 0.9.6.3. It is set up to execute weekly and only do security updates. But on the last execution, even though it should have sent me an e-mail due to a glsa on spamassassin, it didn't. Here's part of the output of a manual execution with verbosity=3 that I did later:

untiefe · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:41 am Post subject:

Hi Raven!

Thanx for your bugreport:

raven1982 · n00b Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 2

Thanks for the quick reply and the patch, it worked flawlessly!

neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

would be nice to have a glcu -cron mode, that does exactly what running it in cron does.

I put it in a script run by crontab instead of crontab instead, since I run a local rsync tree I want to make sure that's sync'ed before glcu is run and sync's from that tree.

untiefe · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject:

neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

untiefe · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject:

neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

yeah, but then I'd be adjusting not only glcu, but every crontab'ed daily service.

untiefe · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:

torne · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 65 Location: Cambridge, UK

Works nicely, but I get this after prebuilt packages are installed:
removing /usr/portage/packages/All/genlop-0.30.3*.tbz2
rm: cannot remove `/usr/portage/packages/All/genlop-0.30.3*.tbz2': No such file or directory

Looking in /usr/portage/packages reveals that the package is in /usr/portage/packages/x86/All, as the profile I am using sets PKGDIR to be ${PORTDIR}/packages/${ARCH}.

gclu should probably pick up Portage's setting for PKGDIR.. it's not critical, as the packages still install ok, they just aren't deleted, but it'd be nice.

untiefe · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:

untiefe · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:36 am Post subject:

Hello everybody!

First of all, I want to announce that Cosmin Nicolaescu is helping me to create an even better version of glcu, that will use the portage API and that will be a lot more flexibel. Thanks Cos! At this stage it is the dev-tree in the sourceforge CVS. The actual version will only be stabilized (stable-tree), but won't get many more functions.
In order to put both versions together a unstable-tree will be opened up in CVS, where the new stuff from the dev tree will be merged with the code from the stable glcu version.

Furthermore I'm trying to get glcu into portage - see bug #101827

The webpage of glcu was also redesigned and updated. At the moment it only works well with the firefox, but I will soon try to get rid of all CSS artefacts, that can be seen in other browsers...

Bye, Michael
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glcu - gentoo linux cron update (full featured semi-automatic updates via cron)

rabbit7 · n00b Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 12 Location: Switzerland

Hello

I really love your script and I am using it on many of my gentoo systems.

I recently ran into a problem and dont know how to fix it ;(
i am using glcu 0.9.6.3

untiefe · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject:

Hi Ben!

nobbie · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject: updatetc commands not running

hi Michael. i'm running 0.9.7 right now, and i'm having a problem getting the commands defined in the 'updatetc' variable of the glcu conf file to run.

i have two conf files, a daily one for security updates, and a weekly one for world updates. my main /etc/conf.d/glcu runs emerge sync the security checks, and has this line:

untiefe · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: updatetc commands not running

cymel

Bug or feature in glcu v.0.9.7.1 while useing 'removeprebuilt: yes' in configuration file?

Are there any reasons that glcu only removes the files in ${PKGDIR}/All/Package*.tbz2 but not the symbolic links in ${PKGDIR}/Category/Package*.tbz2 after installing the pre-build packages?

This small patch against glcu v. 0.9.7.1 fixed this behavior for me:

untiefe

Hi Olaf!

pioto · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:08 am Post subject: Debugging Email

Hello,

I've been using this script for a while, and it's worked wonderfully for me until this past week.

I can see that the /tmp/glcuUpdate-* files are created properly, and running glcu /tmp/glcuUpdate-xxx updates my system as expected. However, I am not getting any of the emails from the script.

I'm wondering if you can propose some way that I can run it to try to get some more debugging output, or somehow figure out why this is.

Every other cron job seems to be emailing me fine, so I don't think my MTA or procmail configurations are totally broken.

I also can't find any evidence of the emails in my mail logs...

Thoughts?

untiefe · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Debugging Email

Hello there!

Sorry, that you had to wait, but I just got back from my honeymoon (one month in Australia... Just great)

pioto · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

Hmm... I poked at it some more and it seems to be working right now.

I think part of the problem may possibly be that it was failing on the emerge of glibc, with testing turned on (FEATURES="maketest"). Maybe that was going over some maximum size somewhere along the way?

I saw the final glcuUpdate-xxxxxx being created, and there were no resudual .out files in /tmp... so maybe mail choked somewhere? Or maybe my mta was just being stupid.

Either way, no worries about the delay. A honeymoon is infinitely more important than a computer.

Thanks for your help, and keep up the good work!

untiefe · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:56 am Post subject:

pioto · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:01 am Post subject:

untiefe · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:

Hi!

TvL · n00b Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 15

Hi Michael,

First I would like to thank you for this wonderfull script.
My P233 Server enjoys compiling over night, and the email is great.

I have 1 little suggestion, it's so little I'm almost ashamed to suggest it.
I would like to have a symlink /tmp/glcuUpdate which points to the newest /tmp/glcuUpdate-XXX file.

II think it would be a nice feature to make this script even more easier.
Thanks