Fernando Meira wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > 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)? > Yes, but it will restart the current emerge. Just do "emerge --resume" to > restart.
Also, if it was working on a large package and you want it to pick up where it left off then you can add FEATURES=keepwork (note that portage will not automatically remove the files in ${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/portage afterwards though). Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list