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