I can't find the exact discussion on the subject of running two emerges for both system and world, but this link gives the kernel of the idea. The original doc went into some details that's missing here and as mentioned, following the suggestions helped clear up some goofy mplayer problems I was having.
http://lcni.uoregon.edu/mediawiki/index.php/SOFT:Gentoo_AMD64_1 Emerging world twice may be a bit overkill, but then it's never something I sit and watch... It's amazing what you can do with a bit of bash and cron when you are happily sleeping. Cheers... On Friday 12 May 2006 14:07, Richard Fish wrote: > On 5/12/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 11 May 2006 19:47, Richard Fish wrote: > > > On 5/11/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm going one step further with gcc 4.1.0. After I emerged gcc and > > > > glibc... I did an "emerge -e system" twice and am now following up > > > > with two "emerge -e world" commands... > > > > > > Wow, you like to waste a lot of CPU cycles... > > > > Actually... nothing is wasted. I've read that this is the best way to > > rebuild the tool chain, then the applications. Sources that rely on other > > sources are guaranteed to be accurately built after the second pass of > > "world" > > I'm sorry, but what you read was simply wrong, written by somebody who > probably didn't understand how compilers, linkers, dynamic libraries, > and executables interact. > > I could see _some_ value in emerge -e system followed by emerge -e > world. There can be some (very small) effects of system packages on > each other. But you are building system again when you emerge -e > world, and there is simply no reason at all to emerge -e world twice. > > -Richard -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! Buy an Xbox 360 core for $299.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $11.00! Buy an Xbox 360 for $399.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $126.00! 5:37pm up 49 days, 2:16, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
