On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:39:06 +0330 "Bahman M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is it possible to do automatic fetching of source files in the > > background while other parts are being compiled? > > > Just login on multiple consoles or use multiple x terminals (if > running X) and on each one run 'make' for the port you want to > compile. The port(s) will be fetched and compiled simultaneously. > Then all you need to do is to run 'make install' for each port. > > Note: I'm not sure but I think it's not a good practice to issue more > than one 'make install' at a time. > There's no need to do that, you just do make checksum or make checksum-recursive, that's what portupgrade -F and portupgrade -RF do. They don't update anything (other than the distfiles) so should be safe. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
