On Wednesday 17 May 2006 20:47, "Daevid Vincent" <daevid@daevid.com> wrote 
about 'RE: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser':
> It should absolutely be smart enough that if a package fails to compile,
> SKIP IT! And move on to the next one. There is nothing more frustrating
> than having like 100 packages to install, setting it up to run through
> the night, excited to see the new stuff, and then the utter
> dissapointment to see that portage shit the bed on the second package
> and just sat there doing nothing all night long. GRR. :)  why "emerge
> --resume --skipfirst" is not the default exception handling routine for
> 'emerge' is beyond my comprehension. 'emerge' should at least have a
> command line option to invoke that!

Is there some problem with:
emerge -uND world || until emerge --resume --skipfirst; do :; done
?

A more complex version of that is in my nightly update script.

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