fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:08:26AM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:02 AM, <fe...@crowfix.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a shell script which loops on failure from emerge to use >>> --skipfirst --resume to continue as much as possible. Every once in a >>> while, it gets forgetful and picks up an emerge from several days >>> previous to try to resume instead of the one that just failed. This >>> is pretty annoying. It started several months ago, sporadically, and >>> seems to be happening more and more often, but not always, and not in >>> any pattern I can discern. >>> >>> This is sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.13 on ~amd64. >>> >> It may be easier to use the --keep-going switch instead. It allows >> emerge to continue emerging everything else (when possible) and >> skipping unresolved dependencies caused by the failed merges. >> > > Good grief. That's *zackly* what I have wanted for a long time. When > did it get added? > > I will certainly try that next merge. Heck, I might try the most > recent one again anyway just to see miracles in action :-) > >
You can also add that option to make.conf so it will do it even if you forget to type it in. I did that a while back when I found out about it. Dale :-) :-)
