On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:37:24 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > If you have the disk space to spare, set FEATURES="buildpkg". Then > > reinstalling a package is as quick as with a binary distro. > The further complication there is that in this hypothetical situation > you are also likely to be changing some USE flags, and the prebuilt > buildpkg packages may need in fact to be built again against a new set > of libraries.
Changed USE flags won't normally stop a program running. Re-emerging the previous version gets you working again in no time at all. you can then recompile if you wish, while still being able to use the computer. -- Neil Bothwick Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
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