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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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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