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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot emerge  x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.6.2-r1
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:17:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100513091734.0d974dbb@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100513040617.GB3159@waltdnes.org>

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On Thu, 13 May 2010 00:06:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:

> > I can't recall the last time I needed to use MAKEOPTS=-j1, but if you
> > do set it you can get back the time you lose by using the jobs option
> > with emerge. That way you get parallel compilation, but of separate
> > packages.  
> 
>   Something just occured to me.  At the risk of sounding paranoid, is
> there an absolute guarantee that...
>   - if package A has dependancies Y and Z...
>   - the compile for A won't start before Y and Z are built and installed

Yes, and sometimes portage will only build one package before installing
the subsequent one. If a build fails, portage completes any other ongoing
emerges and then recalculates the dependencies, dropping any packages
that depend on the failed build.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Windows Error:01F Reserved for future mistakes.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-05-13  8:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-07 21:36 [gentoo-user] Cannot emerge x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.6.2-r1 Jim Cunning
2010-05-08  0:04 ` William Kenworthy
2010-05-08  6:16   ` [SOLVED] " Jim Cunning
2010-05-08  7:18     ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-08 11:58       ` Dale
2010-05-09 22:28       ` Walter Dnes
2010-05-09 23:33         ` Neil Bothwick
2010-05-13  4:06           ` Walter Dnes
2010-05-13  7:44             ` Alan McKinnon
2010-05-13  8:17             ` Neil Bothwick [this message]

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