[gentoo-dev] Omitting binary packages (emerge -e world)

[gentoo-dev] Omitting binary packages (emerge -e world)

[Dhruba Bandopadhyay]

Hello

AFAIK this has not been done yet so I thought I would ask about it. 
Usually, during emerge -e world all packages are recompiled including 
binary packages which require no compilation.  However, it would be nice 
if all binary packages were omitted from emerge -e world so only those 
from source are included.  That way, time and resources are saved and only 
those packages affected by new compiler or compiler settings are 
recompiled.  How about it?

With regards


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Omitting binary packages (emerge -e world)

[A. Craig West]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:

> AFAIK this has not been done yet so I thought I would ask about it. 
> Usually, during emerge -e world all packages are recompiled including 
> binary packages which require no compilation.  However, it would be nice 
> if all binary packages were omitted from emerge -e world so only those 
> from source are included.  That way, time and resources are saved and only 
> those packages affected by new compiler or compiler settings are 
> recompiled.  How about it?

On the other hand, when the last time I had to emerge -e world, it was because
I was recovering from severe disk corruption, and I wanted ALL packages
to be redone. The binary packages don't really take long anyways, because they
don't really compile.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Omitting binary packages (emerge -e world)

[Dhruba Bandopadhyay]

A. Craig West wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
> 
> 
>>AFAIK this has not been done yet so I thought I would ask about it. 
>>Usually, during emerge -e world all packages are recompiled including 
>>binary packages which require no compilation.  However, it would be nice 
>>if all binary packages were omitted from emerge -e world so only those 
>>from source are included.  That way, time and resources are saved and only 
>>those packages affected by new compiler or compiler settings are 
>>recompiled.  How about it?
> 
> 
> On the other hand, when the last time I had to emerge -e world, it was because
> I was recovering from severe disk corruption, and I wanted ALL packages
> to be redone. The binary packages don't really take long anyways, because they
> don't really compile.
> 

Hmm.  That's a good point and a good reason to include bins.  Well, 
injected packages should be omitted anyway.


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