Re: [gentoo-user] Re: --depclean and sys-devel/gcc

[allan gottlieb]

On Fri, Aug 10 2018, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> On 10/08/18 17:01, allan gottlieb wrote:
>> If I now upgrade with
>>
>>      gcc-config x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-7.3.0
>>      env-update && source /etc/profile
>>      emerge --ask --oneshot sys-devel/libtool
>>
>> must I do a world update --emptytree as when converting to the 13.0
>> profile.
>
> It's recommended, but not something you have to do immediately. It's
> best to do it when you don't need the machine (like overnight), but if
> you happen to be using it while the world rebuild is going on, use
> these in your make.conf:
>
> PORTAGE_NICENESS=19
> PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="sh -c \"schedtool -D \${PID}; ionice -c 3 -p
> \${PID}\""
>
> (Make sure sys-process/schedtool is installed.)
>
> This makes sure the emerge process does not slow down your normal use
> of the machine.

Thank you.  I started my backup machine on the world update.
Will do the main machine afterward.
allan