Re: [gentoo-user] Portage improved

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

On Tuesday 5 November 2024 06:58:37 GMT I wrote:
> 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.

Here's an example of it working with medium-sized programs:

...
>>> Emerging (79 of 102) dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.78.6::gentoo
>>> Emerging (80 of 102) dev-util/glib-utils-2.78.6::gentoo
>>> Emerging (81 of 102) sys-apps/sysvinit-3.11::gentoo
>>> Emerging (82 of 102) net-misc/curl-8.10.1-r1::gentoo
>>> Installing (80 of 102) dev-util/glib-utils-2.78.6::gentoo
>>> Installing (79 of 102) dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.78.6::gentoo
>>> Completed (80 of 102) dev-util/glib-utils-2.78.6::gentoo
>>> Completed (79 of 102) dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.78.6::gentoo
>>> Installing (81 of 102) sys-apps/sysvinit-3.11::gentoo
>>> Completed (81 of 102) sys-apps/sysvinit-3.11::gentoo
>>> Installing (82 of 102) net-misc/curl-8.10.1-r1::gentoo
>>> Completed (82 of 102) net-misc/curl-8.10.1-r1::gentoo
>>> Emerging (83 of 102) dev-libs/elfutils-0.192-r1::gentoo
>>> Emerging (84 of 102) sys-devel/gcc-14.2.1_p20241026::gentoo
>>> Jobs: 82 of 102 complete, 1 running, 1 merge wait         Load avg: 17.1, 11.2, 8.5

Better than load average 4, but nowhere near full capacity (-i24 -l30).

-- 
Regards,
Peter.