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=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from bru-cse-359.cisco.com (bru-cse-359.cisco.com [144.254.8.65]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA92FABD53 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:02:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (blauwers@localhost) by bru-cse-359.cisco.com (8.10.2+Sun/CA/950118) with ESMTP id g3HJ2u711943 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:02:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:02:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Bart Lauwers To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] download and compile In-Reply-To: <1019061600.3cbda56007c09@grumlygg.dyndns.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 10346a98-142e-4ea6-a20f-442510e37073 X-Archives-Hash: 843972e3de345749c3061343a3162878 Try 'emerge -f' after you did your 'emerge -p', this will download all the sources so you can shut down your connection to the internet while you start your build. If you want to but I don't recommend it you can do the emerge -f in the background and start compiling at the same time it's downloading. Bart. On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Gwenn Gueguen wrote: > > Hello, > > I just installed Gentoo on my notebook and everything works fine :-) > > It looks like emerge downloads a package then compile it, and this > for each required package. > > As it can take take some time to download packages, wouldn't it be > great to download a package while compiling another ? > > Maybe there could be a thread to download and one to compile or > is it just a stupid idea ? > >