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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 02:09:26AM +0100, Matt Harrison wrote: |
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> I was just wondering, while watching an emerge --sync, is it possible (or |
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> advisable) to limit what portage syncs? For example, I have a server here |
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> that doesn't use X, kde, gnome, java, and a number of other fairly large |
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> areas of portage. It would be nice if I could speed up syncing by excluding |
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> these categories from the process. |
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I do this and find it works like a charm. The actual sync time is not an |
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issue for me since I have a decent connection but the 'updating cache' |
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time went down by at least 75% for me (old computer). Which made 'emerge |
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--sync' a lot less of a 'start this, go for lunch' command for me. |
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I have had a tiny amount of issues with this since I started approx. 4 |
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years ago, the biggest issue is that since you lobotomize the metadata |
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tree you get some odd errors. But I find it worth it. |
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Cheers, |
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Rasmus |
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