On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > subject says it all: I'm using gentoo over rather slow line, > and while syncing portage tree, lines keep scrolling so fast > it saturates my connection. How can I make "emerge --sync" > somehow less verbose? > > I know, I can use "--quiet", but then I do not see anyting. > Maybe something like status-bar, or counter (0-100%) would > be nice...
If you use eix-sync you can make emerge be quir and let eix show you the differences when it's done. (It's very useful even if you're not on a slow link.)
