crond woes

ugluk · n00b Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 64

I've put this script into /etc/cron.daily

phajdan.jr · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject:

How do you know it is not executed? What are contents of /etc/crontab file? What's the output of ls -l /etc/cron.daily?

By the way: what you are trying to do is extremely dangerous. It has been discussed many times: don't do that. It may break your system and you won't even know. Why?

1. no revdep-rebuild
2. no etc-update
3. you don't see einfos, ewarns etc. (at least if you don't use elog functionality in portage 2.1)
4. you have no control over what gets updated
5. you can't resolve package blocks
...

There are better ways of automatic update. There was some python script which precompiled packages for you and allowed you to install them, with logging and configuration support.

timeBandit · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject:

1. Read the Gentoo Cron Guide; note the Troubleshooting section.
2. See this thread to learn why your script can't work as-is.
3. Heed _ph's words and don't do this. It is a Very Bad Idea.
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ugluk · n00b Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 64

Thanks! Your replies were very instructive. I will still keep the emerge --sync in the script and put in the execution test from the guide.

but what if I'd add:

revdep-rebuild -X
echo -5 | etc-update

to the script?

phajdan.jr · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:31 am Post subject:

nixnut · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-506441-highlight-.html
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