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From: Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] How to be a penguin.
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 00:56:24
Message-Id: 574CE15D.5010005@verizon.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] How to be a penguin. by Gregory Woodbury
1 Gregory Woodbury wrote:
2 > What the...?
3 > Do you have every package there is installed? The worst updates I
4 > have seen
5 > are only 40-50 packages. 403 being 25% implies around 1600 - 1700
6 > packages.
7 > Actually that seems about right, but why are you getting that many
8 > updates? You
9 > may have maladjusted USE flags or keywords to make portage think that many
10 > need an update. I'm running with ~amd64 set and I check updates once
11 > a day.
12
13 Well, I'm running some stupid number theory code that uses 110% of my
14 cpu and ram, and my web browsers are CPU hogs, so it's been 6wks/month
15 since last update. So right now I'm using the -30% of my cpu remaining
16 to run e-builds. =P (205/250 atm...)
17
18
19 --
20 IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel.
21
22 Powers are not rights.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] How to be a penguin. "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>