Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --update : how to keep it going?

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Graham Murray <graham@gmurray.org.uk> wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> --keep-going does not help you, if the emerge does not start because of
>> missing dep/slot conflict/blocking/masking whatever...
>
> Though it would be nice if there was some flag, probably mainly of use
> with either ' -u @world' or --resume, to tell portage to get on and
> merge what it can and leave any masked packages or those which would
> generate blockers or conflicts.
>

emerge -fDuN @world

will both check/resolve dependencies as well as insure that all files
required to do the build are downloaded. I typically run this command
prior to emerging anything as I dislike coming back and hour later and
finding the emerge didn't finish because a file either couldn't be
downloaded or its manifest didn't check out.

Just an alternative way to do things.

HTH,
Mark