Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: default --backtrack=3 (bug #536926)

[Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:57:23 -0800
Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:

> The previous default emerge --backtrack=10 setting could lead to lots
> of wasted cpu time in cases where it will ultimately fail to find a
> valid solution anyway. Therefore, reduce the default to --backtrack=3.
> 
> In order for the BacktrackingTestCase.testBacktrackNoWrongRebuilds to
> succeed, the test now needs to specify --backtrack=6. This is a rather
> obscure case though, so it does not seem worthwhile to increase the
> default because of it.
> 
> X-Gentoo-Bug: 536926
> X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536926
> ---
>  man/emerge.1                                    | 2 +-
>  pym/_emerge/depgraph.py                         | 2 +-
>  pym/portage/tests/resolver/test_backtracking.py | 7 ++++++-
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Looks good, merge please.


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Brian Dolbec <dolsen>