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On Wednesday 07 December 2005 18:53, Arun Raghavan wrote: |
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> > This make parallel compilation/download except first packet |
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> > emerged in what_you_want. |
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> > I think people already know this trick, but it is not show in FAQ |
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> This will not always work. It is possible (likely, in fact) that two |
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> fetches for a given file begin simultaneously, leading to a corrupted |
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> download. It would be better to just wait for parallel_fetch [1] |
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With FEATURES="distlocks" (enabled by default) it shouldn't be a problem. |
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> [1] |
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http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o/msg00669.html |
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This patch just integrates the 'emerge -f ... & emerge ...' trick directly |
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into emerge itself. There's essentially no difference between doing it |
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manually or emerge doing it for you other than the patch providing a sanity |
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check for FEATURES="distlocks" being enabled. |
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Jason Stubbs |
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