Re: [gentoo-user] stop emerging world

[Fernando Meira]

On 6/14/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Tue, June 14, 2005 1:09 pm, Fernando Meira said:

> after installing gentoo i did:
> emerge --update --deep --newuse world
>
> And i'm still on that since the past 2:30 hours. I thought that after
> installing quite recent packages, a fully update would be fast.. :( I was
> not expecting that it would upgrade and recompile everything...

Always run this with --ask --verbose, so you can see what is going to
happen first. Did you change your USE flags after installation? That could
cause a lot of recompilation. Or it could be one large package that has
been updated. There was a new xorg-x11 update in ~arch recently, for
example.

Yes, I should have used --ask... but I only realize that after :(

Yes, i changed the USE flags, but i don't have any "big" packages.. I have just finished the installation. Not even X.. so that's why I thought it wouldn't so long.. (it is still working.. )

I'm also not using any ~arch yet.. 

> So, if emerge does not finish soon, i'll have to stop it, so the question
> is: there's any way to do it in a good way, without breaking the system?

Provided it is not at the stage of installing files, just press Ctrl-C. If
you are still seeing compiler output, it is safe, if you see lots of lines
starting with >>, installation is almost complete, be patient.

ok.. though I notice >> before.. and it was not even near the end..
Also, I know how to pause it and restart it in the background... but, can i restart it later (after rebooting)?

I'll give it more 10 extra minutes.. if not finished, then Ctrl+C.