Re: [gentoo-dev] multitasked emerge (download while build ...)

[jano]

I doubt I have to mention this, but for the sake of "being careful" to make
sure the programs downloaded are finished before attempting to compile them.
:)  Would it be useful to be able to toggle parallel downloading/compiling?
Only case I can see it helpful would be with a fairly antiquated machine.

> I think the minimum we can do right now is:
> having the ebuilds work in a totally independant way , for example
> using a directory exclusivly.
> and/or why not "not" deleting the source tree, so other pakages can use
> the already compiled object files ...
> this is totally "doable" as the strong point of emerge is the fact that
> it doesnt use the shared database stuff ...
>
> thank you guys again for this giant work .
>
> D.
>
> On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 07:04, Mikael Hallendal wrote:
>> tor 2001-12-06 klockan 02.51 skrev Miguel S. Filipe:
>> > While reading this,  It reminded me of a thought i allready had.
>> >
>> > Why isn't portage more multi-task? What stops it from, while it's
>> > busy  building something, downloading the packages that its going to
>> >  (build/compile/install) next?
>> >  This would speed up the merging process for those with slow
>> >  internet
>> > connections, and it would not affect performance I believe. Is there
>> > any  problem with this? Is it just dificult to implement, or its
>> > much more  tricky and  problematic that it seems?
>>
>> This has been discussed, also the possibility to download all packages
>> before starting to build (so that you can disconnect before starting
>> to build).
>>
>> Even on a fast connection it would be very nice to have the
>> downloading being done while compiling.
>>
>> Regards,
>>   Mikael Hallendal
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mikael Hallendal
>> Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader
>> CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden
>>
>
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