Gentoo: System update

Warning! Warning! Warning! ... This article is my cookbook. It is designed for binary type update (two stages deployment) and only as reference. You can use it but it may not be suitable for all configurations. Use common sense and add / modify / repeat commands if necessary. I am doing same during update.

1. Update local repository

eix-sync

or

emerge --sync

or (if repository is synced)

eix-update

2. Clean logs from previous update

find /var/log/portage -maxdepth 1 -type f -ls -delete

3. Clean distfiles and package directory

eclean-dist -d ; eclean-pkg -d