On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:33:21AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Sun, 9 May 2010 18:28:31 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Ditto for setting MAKEOPTS to -j1. Every once in a while, somebody > > runs into a problem that is solved by it. I finally decided to let > > the builds take a little bit longer, in exchange for saving me problems > > with "unreproducable errors". This setting does not affect the final > > binary; just how long it takes to build. > > I can't recall the last time I needed to use MAKEOPTS=-j1, but if you > do set it you can get back the time you lose by using the jobs option > with emerge. That way you get parallel compilation, but of separate > packages.
Something just occured to me. At the risk of sounding paranoid, is there an absolute guarantee that... - if package A has dependancies Y and Z... - the compile for A won't start before Y and Z are built and installed This could be especially ugly for my new system installs. I usually install text-console mode only, followed by "emerge gimp", which pulls in X and a whole bunch of other stuff as dependancies. Portage handles this process very well right now. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
