On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:38, you wrote: > Is it safe to run more than one instance of the emerge command at once? Most of the time, yes. Nasty things might happen if the second one has dependencies which are in common with the first.
I'd check with some thing like su - emerge --pretend --update package-one emerge --pretend --update package-two If there are common dependencies i'd d/l those first using the emerge --fetchonly <common-dependent-packages> # more than one package on the line is fine. construct. and then go on to do some thing like nohup nice emerge package-one 2>&1 > package-one.log & nohup nice emerge package-one 2>&1 > package-two.log & exit # from the root priviledged shell now get on with your other work or have lunch or what have you. > ie: can it mess up your portage tree? Only if you ignore the caveat about common deps. > I'm planning of having one compiling with the other downloading. Go for it, I have done it before. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
