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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how can I make "emerge --sync" less verbose?
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On 07/13/2010 09:48 AM, Jarry wrote:
> Hi,
> subject says it all: I'm using gentoo over rather slow line,
> and while syncing portage tree, lines keep scrolling so fast
> it saturates my connection. How can I make "emerge --sync"
> somehow less verbose?
> 
> I know, I can use "--quiet", but then I do not see anyting.
> Maybe something like status-bar, or counter (0-100%) would
> be nice...

I usually use "screen" and run it from there. You can then "tailf" the
emerge-fetch.log if you really want to watch.