Can selfupdate be done incrementally

[Phil Dobbin]

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On 06/04/2012 18:58, Tim Johnson wrote:

> I use a 2012 Mac Mini with OSX Lion.
> 
> I haven't run selfupdate in some time.
> 
> My observations in the past is that this machine runs alarmingly hot
> during long compiles. I recall being very nervous during the last
> selfupdate with temperature raising to as 180 F or more.
> 
> I'm wondering if it is possible to do selfupdate a step or
> dependency at a time. That way, I could allow the machine to cool
> off before resuming.
> 
> Any comments are welcome.

[snip]

FWIW, my Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard temperatures get to around 80
degrees Centigrade when upgrading/installing with no ill effects.

I also try to run selfupdate daily (one of my other machines is running
Debian & a cron job kicks around 07:45 each morning to run apt-get
update so, if I'm awake, I do Mac Ports too) so the number of ports is
minimal on an upgrade & if I get a long list of ports, I split them into
batches. Not necessary really but I like to keep the machine active on
other fronts while they're upgrading as much as possible.

Cheers,

  Phil...

- -- 
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