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From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how can I make "emerge --sync" less verbose?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:29:20
Message-Id: 4C3CB04F.1010802@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] how can I make "emerge --sync" less verbose? by Jarry
1 On 07/13/2010 09:48 AM, Jarry wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > subject says it all: I'm using gentoo over rather slow line,
4 > and while syncing portage tree, lines keep scrolling so fast
5 > it saturates my connection. How can I make "emerge --sync"
6 > somehow less verbose?
7 >
8 > I know, I can use "--quiet", but then I do not see anyting.
9 > Maybe something like status-bar, or counter (0-100%) would
10 > be nice...
11
12 I usually use "screen" and run it from there. You can then "tailf" the
13 emerge-fetch.log if you really want to watch.