Re: [gentoo-user] question/feature request: First fetch, then compile...

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> [14-12-17 09:24]:
> On 17/12/2014 09:45, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > On 12/17/2014 06:48:55 AM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > ....
> >> Is it possible, to do ONE call to emerge, which asks (according
> >> to option -a, if set ) and given a yes first fetches ALL necessary
> >> files and data and compiles then everything?
> >>
> > 
> > With some manual operations:
> > 
> > Capture the output of emerge -vp ....
> > Edit it to call
> > ebuild <full patch to <package>.ebuild> fetch
> > for each package.
> > 
> > Then issue emerge without -p
> 
> 
> Way too complicated.
> 
> emerge -pvuND world
> 
> check list, ensure everything is OK, etc etc. Then
> 
> emerge -vunDf world
> emerge -vuND world
> 
> -f only fetches, it does not compile. When it completes, switch the pc
> off. The last emerge compiles and everything has been fetched (well
> usually is has been fetched).
> 
> 
> What the OP is trying to do is not really possible. Portage is designed
> with an assumption in mind: the host is always connected to the internet
> and can fetch whatever it needs to fetch whenever it needs to fetch it
> based on what is in the ebuilds. 100% off-line operation is not part of
> the spec, so the OP is always going to have to deal with occasional
> emerge failures due to the host being offline
> 
> -- 
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
> 
> 

Hi,

thanks for your replies...

...I currently do two emerges, one with -f the second
without.
And as merntioned in my initiao mail, I dont want it, since it implies
two "Calculating dependencies" which is once too often...

This was the initial reason for asking...

Best regards,
Meino