[GLLUG] Gentoo 2006.0

[Charles Ulrich]

Alex Castner wrote:
> If there was an option to fetch all the files before compiling them, I 
> missed it (that'd be my only gripe, and it's likely that I just missed 
> an option somewhere).  I had to disconnect my laptop, and didn't make it 
> to the next available piece of CAT-5 before the install tried to fetch 
> the next package.

IIRC, the installer lets you mount an NFS-exported portage directory. 
Thus, you can use emerge --fetchonly on the NFS server for each package 
that will be installed and then those packages will automatically appear 
in /usr/portage/distfiles on the machine running the installer.

Bit of a hack, but it would work. I agree with your assessment. I think 
it's a waste that when installing multiple packages, emerge doesn't 
automatically download packages in the background while it's compiling 
others.

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Charles Ulrich
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