Oh.. and by the way, how reliable is this prediction?
(...)
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/hdparm-5.9 
[ebuild N ] sys-libs/pwdb-0.62 

Estimated update time: 6 hours, 7 minutes.

All system in 6h? It is something like 120 packages..

On 8/24/05, Fernando Meira <fmeira@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've decided to migrate to gcc-3.4.4, so I've emerged it, and switch the 
> system to use it instead the previous (gcc-3.3.5-20050130).
> 
> After that I am supposed to update my system packages, so when I run
> # emerge -va system
> I get:
> [ebuild N ] sys-devel/patch-2.5.9 -build -static 197 kB 
> [ebuild N ] app-arch/bzip2-1.0.3-r5 -build -static 0 kB 
> [ebuild N ] app-arch/cpio-2.6-r4 +nls 0 kB 
> [ebuild N ] sys-apps/texinfo-4.8 -build +nls -static 0 kB 
> [ebuild N ] dev-lang/tcl-8.4.9 -threads 0 kB 
> [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20050324 0 kB 
> [ebuild N ] sys-libs/readline-5.0-r2 0 kB 
> (...)
> All with "N"!! I understand that this is not a update.. will the old 
> packages be overwritten?
> It doesn't make sense to think that I'll have duplicate apps... but just 
> for being sure.. :)
> 
> In the middle of that list are:
> [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gcc-3.4.4
> [ebuild N ] sys-devel/gcc-3.3.6
> 
> This will compile anew gcc-3.4.4, but this time using the new compiler. 
> That's the point, right?
> The old gcc version is still there.. I haven't unmerge it yet, cause I 
> first want to check if all goes fine..
> 
> So, should I go ahead..?
> 
> Thanks,
> Fernando
>