On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:24:18 +0100 Jon Dye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could anyone tell me wether I can run multiple instances of emerge at the > same time or not? I guess it depends on how well it loks the portage > database? > > I'm asking because I'd like to run a big emerge (e.g. mozilla or kde) and > then run several smaller ones (e.g. host, pciutils) at the same time so I can > get on with configuring and setting up the little bits while the big bits are > building. It can safely be used once you strictly watch merged packages and dependencies not to overlap. Use common sense. I am running multiple emerges too when (as mentioned by someone else in this thread) something big is getting compiled and I need something small, not dependent on the big thing. -- /~\ The ASCII Andrej "Ticho" Kacian <andrej at kacian dot sk> \ / Ribbon Campaign GnuPG public key ID: 7CD93FE2 (pgp.mit.edu) X Against HTML Key fingerprint: / \ Email! E87D 9DEF 2A23 6FFB 7AD9 542F 4253 3A46 7CD9 3FE2 "Sarcasm is my sword, apathy is my shield."
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