From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HqOrm-00038t-KV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:33:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4M7Vpmt007708; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:31:51 GMT Received: from spore.ath.cx (c-24-245-14-14.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [24.245.14.14]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4M7QWgQ001528 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 07:26:33 GMT Received: from pascal.spore.ath.cx (pascal.spore.ath.cx [192.168.1.100]) by spore.ath.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0DA120057 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 02:26:31 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 02:26:31 -0500 From: Dan Farrell To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question Message-ID: <20070522022631.03b5cae8@pascal.spore.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Spore, Ltd. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.6; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5be1ab2d-afc6-425d-924c-998d9ca2922e X-Archives-Hash: 9907c9c99de8e1ade7b5b2590d5dda75 On Tue, 22 May 2007 16:13:11 +0900 wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hemmann, Volker Armin > > [mailto:volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:02 PM > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question > > > > > > > That would also let me make sure that I have an up to date > > > portage tree, and just the files I need and maybe a few more. ^^;; > > > > > > Does that sound better, and less likely to piss off the > > > mirrors? :P > > > > yes ;) > > > > but why not set 'parallel-fetch' in your make.conf? That way > > portage should > > download packages, while compiling? > > -- > > The next computer I build will likely be a dual core (an X2 most > likely), > so that may be an excellent option. :P > I don't think you'll need much processing power to parallel-fetch. I do it on every computer with a fast enough internet connection. The real limit is disk and network for downloading, not at all processor. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list