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From: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@××.pl>
To: gentoo-doc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-doc] Slow modem connection in FAQ
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:43:18
Message-Id: 200512071452.12129.stf_xl@wp.pl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-doc] Slow modem connection in FAQ by Jason Stubbs
1 On Wednesday 07 of December 2005 13:56, Jason Stubbs wrote:
2 > > This will not always work. It is possible (likely, in fact) that two
3 > > fetches for a given file begin simultaneously, leading to a corrupted
4 > > download. It would be better to just wait for parallel_fetch [1]
5 >
6 > With FEATURES="distlocks" (enabled by default) it shouldn't be a problem.
7 >
8 > > [1]
9 > http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o/msg00669.html
10 >
11 > This patch just integrates the 'emerge -f ... & emerge ...' trick directly
12 > into emerge itself. There's essentially no difference between doing it
13 > manually or emerge doing it for you other than the patch providing a sanity
14 > check for FEATURES="distlocks" being enabled.
15
16 Is there any reason for disable FEATURES="distlocks" ?
17 I think remove possibility disable it will make thinks clear and allow telling
18 newbie users how to install gentoo much faster with slow internet link.
19
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21 Thanks
22 Staszek Gruszka
23
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Re: [gentoo-doc] Slow modem connection in FAQ Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>