From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0490158042 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2024 06:58:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DFD2E07E1; Tue, 5 Nov 2024 06:58:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B63E0E07A7 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2024 06:58:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=cube.localnet) by smarthost01a.ixn.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1t8DWP-007A68-AG for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:58:38 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage improved Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:58:37 +0000 Message-ID: <2770570.mvXUDI8C0e@cube> In-Reply-To: <4967547.31r3eYUQgx@cube> References: <3315741.aeNJFYEL58@cube> <4617000.LvFx2qVVIh@cube> <4967547.31r3eYUQgx@cube> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 199a3d0a-24ac-4609-9940-67479cfca898 X-Archives-Hash: dec5d69d67b776bc8282e7406561d816 On Thursday 31 October 2024 11:56:41 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 11 October 2024 11:49:18 GMT I wrote: > > On Saturday 14 September 2024 13:05:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Just one little fly in the ointment: the status string became too long > > > to > > > show properly. Perhaps shorter phrases could be used, or numbers limited > > > to two digits, or the 80-character line limit exceeded while running in > > > an > > > x-term. > > > > And indeed the line limit has been relaxed: it uses the full 90 characters > > of my Konsoles. > > More to do yet though. The merge-wait idea works well with humongous > packages like nodejs and the web engines, but it's too cautious with > ordinary ones. I've been building (too many) new systems over the last > fortnight, and when there are, say, a hundred packages to compile, the load > steadies out at about 4, with several more in merge-wait. This is with i24 > l30 in make.conf. There's also a logic problem. When a package enters the Installing phase, it's shown instead as Merge Wait, or it's added to that queue. -- Regards, Peter.