On Thursday 28 April 2005 06:20 am, Tamas Sarga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to do an emerge -e world. It would take 3 days, but I can't > sleep next to my machine, 'cause of the sound of the 7000RPM CPU cooler. > If I start an emerge, then C-c it, shutdown, start the PC at morning, > can I resume the emerge -e?
Yes, sort of. emerge --resume will restart the last incomplete emerge with the first incomplete package. However, the first step in emerging a package is cleaning up its chroot jail. So, make sure your C-c is at close to starting a new package as possible to minimize repetition of work. Or, you could go with the earlier suggestion and use software suspend. As a 3rd, sort of out-there option you may be able to C-z the emerge, minimize CPU usage (preferrably zero it), and turn down or off the CPU fan via ACPI/APM. Note that the suggestion of not using emerge --resume and simply reissueing the emerge -e command doesn't work, because of the -e. If it was just a long emerge -uND world, it would be as valid as the other suggestions. Other options would be to sleep on the couch, or remove your computer from the bedroom for those 3 days. ;) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
