Nick Rout wrote: >To everyone in this thread: it would probably help if you specified >which version of portage you are running! > > >On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:34:00 +0100 >Jarry wrote: > > > Still running portage 2.0.51.22-r3 here, which is why the speed variation was puzzling.
I now think the variation (with this version of portage) simply reflects whether the "emerge sync" changed anything or not. If nothing changed, the cache rebuild is quick. If something changed, the rebuild is slow and hangs around for a long time at 51% or 52%. John Green -- [email protected] mailing list

