Gentoo Linux updater
Project description
Gentoo Updater
gentoo-update
is a tool that automates updates on Gentoo Linux.
By default it only installs security updates from GLSA,
but it can also be used to update @world
.
This project originates from 2023 Google Summer of Code.
Usage
gentoo-update
is in GURU
overlay, and can be installed using emerge:
emerge --ask app-admin/gentoo_update
Because the project is in early stage of development it's not considered stable
and is masked by ~amd64
. To unmask it run:
echo 'app-admin/gentoo_update ~amd64' >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/gentoo_update
Alternatively, updater can be installed with pip:
pip install gentoo_update --break-system-packages
Here are some usage examples:
- Basic security update
gentoo-update
- Full system update with extra update parameters
gentoo-update --update-mode full --args color=n
- Full system update, show elogs and news
gentoo-update --update-mode full --read-logs y --read-news y
The detailed explanation of command flags can be found in --help
.
Information on testing can be found in tests directory
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