On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:37:24 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:

> > If you have the disk space to spare, set FEATURES="buildpkg". Then
> > reinstalling a package is as quick as with a binary distro.
 
> The further complication there is that in this hypothetical situation
> you are also likely to be changing some USE flags, and the prebuilt
> buildpkg packages may need in fact to be built again against a new set
> of libraries.

Changed USE flags won't normally stop a program running. Re-emerging the
previous version gets you working again in no time at all. you can then
recompile if you wish, while still being able to use the computer.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.

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