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From: Phil Sexton <philsexton@×××××××.Net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:58:49
Message-Id: 438DBB15.1010705@infoave.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] openoffice 2.0 - compiling or binary by Ernie Schroder
1 Ernie Schroder wrote:
2
3 > I've recently done 11 months worth of updates on this box and have about 40
4 > hours of build time on it in the last 10 days. I want to use it, not watch
5 > more text fly by on the console.
6
7 Try compiling it at a lower priority.
8
9 I just put this in my /etc/make.conf file:
10 PORTAGE_NICENESS=19
11
12 Compiling a new proggie slows the system down a little bit, but
13 I can still run anything I want and use my system while building
14 something else to play with.
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