On Sunday 04 Dec 2011 14:05:29 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 08:27:33AM +0000, Mick wrote: > > > > Remerged python, verified the right python via eselect, remerge > > > > portage, etc etc etc etc I just can't seem to get proper output from > > > > emerge anymore no matter what. Other than that everything is working > > > > fine, but I do need to see actual output. > > > > > > > > Anyone know what to do to fix this? > > > > > > Did you enable parallel builds? I.e. added --jobs and/or --load related > > > options to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS? In that case emerge uses this kind of > > > output, because obviously you can’t display multiple builds at the same > > > time in one window. > > > > > > The -v flag, to my knowledge, only affects the output of -p and -a, > > > adding information like used and changed use flags and file size to > > > download for each package to be installed. > > > > I've got both -j and -l set in my MAKEOPTS and portage is quite verbose > > as it has always been. I don't know if EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS has a > > different effect. > > Indeed it has. MAKE_OPTS contains options to make, whereas > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS contains those for emerge. Both have a -j option. If > you tell -j (jobs) to emerge, it will do as many emerges simultaneously.
Oh I see! Thanks for explaining this. But then if there were say 5 ebuilds running in parallel and all their output printed in the same terminal, it would be almightily difficult to untangle the spaghetti that may show up in an error? -- Regards, Mick
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