From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from djamil.tgv.net (AFontenayssB-101-2-1-197.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.76.197]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8D4B11A431 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 04:11:51 -0600 (CST) Received: (qmail 551 invoked by uid 0); 6 Dec 2001 10:15:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO djamil.tgv.net) (192.168.0.5) by 192.168.0.5 with SMTP; 6 Dec 2001 10:15:47 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] multitasked emerge (download while build ...) From: djamil essaissi To: "gentoo-dev@gentoo.org" In-Reply-To: <1007618689.6851.5.camel@fry> References: <1007417522.5293.0.camel@zoidberg> <1007474076.482.4.camel@djamil> <1007566748.1109.19.camel@zoidberg> <3C0ECF32.3090506@netcabo.pt> <1007618689.6851.5.camel@fry> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 06 Dec 2001 11:15:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1007633747.490.1.camel@djamil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: b7e5d3a3-180c-4d42-8728-1569281711e7 X-Archives-Hash: 1d9ad9516b2d62f43f140008b425bbeb I think the minimum we can do right now is: having the ebuilds work in a totally independant way , for example using a directory exclusivly. and/or why not "not" deleting the source tree, so other pakages can use the already compiled object files ... this is totally "doable" as the strong point of emerge is the fact that it doesnt use the shared database stuff ... thank you guys again for this giant work . D. On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 07:04, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > tor 2001-12-06 klockan 02.51 skrev Miguel S. Filipe: > > While reading this, It reminded me of a thought i allready had. > > > > Why isn't portage more multi-task? What stops it from, while it's busy > > building something, downloading the packages that its going to > > (build/compile/install) next? > > This would speed up the merging process for those with slow internet > > connections, and it would not affect performance I believe. Is there any > > problem with this? Is it just dificult to implement, or its much more > > tricky and problematic that it seems? > > This has been discussed, also the possibility to download all packages > before starting to build (so that you can disconnect before starting to > build). > > Even on a fast connection it would be very nice to have the downloading > being done while compiling. > > Regards, > Mikael Hallendal > > -- > > Mikael Hallendal > Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader > CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden >