Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: >> Under the newest portage with x86~, if I run `emerge -vuD world' >> should I see something besides: >> >>>>> Jobs 0 of 71 complete, 1 running [...] >> >> Shouldn't there be more jobs running? > > You have --jobs in the subject line of this messag, but you didn't > specify --jobs in the emerge commandline.
I see what you mean, yes the subject is a bit too brief, but then that is the only place I've noticed where the --jobs stuff comes up persistently. In a command that is going to get a lot of use no has something (by default) blocking what might be other more useful output.