From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 18:38:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA9016A419 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 18:38:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C96C13C45E for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 18:38:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deeptech71@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k4so1769215nfd for ; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:38:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LkeG2cTuevFlTZOAjJ0dFKK9CWoHNnfOL46BfCzM7B1ibi2uR77LQJjC0Kx6jKOcisl38q1IaLdE8pjpL2fgoqXYis+hwwo5UEf+560wHDfkEgm8j0wfUx8UkF0DJjKxCw0uJWWISswW1TAz9eYzufN+BOQzIar8Fydd9ycdRjo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aZY2JwgJnvEWWrGuL+FPfv1yWDGbVqI3TEJykGXJvR2s5qwJalgwDmFad1KXMoBVBxFNPjj9MblZ+KuNHl2fYleWwhwSBaSWeBY4bLoi7avE5/IWhW6ithG9ItCuIGZYjuGegD6Xelt0IySrWBIR3lMNjtjSM1jD4dT6OE1PjZ8= Received: by 10.86.97.7 with SMTP id u7mr5367921fgb.1189015774604; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:09:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.123.111? ( [84.0.107.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 13sm10812090fks.2007.09.05.11.09.33 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:09:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46DEF0EA.2040006@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:09:46 +0200 From: deeptech71@gmail.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46DEDD6F.9020509@gmail.com> <200709051905.42215.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200709051905.42215.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ports collection background-fetch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:38:16 -0000 Bahman M. wrote: > deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: >> Is it possible to do automatic fetching of source files in the >> background while other parts are being compiled? > > > Just login on multiple consoles or use multiple x terminals (if running > X) and on each one run 'make' for the port you want to compile. The > port(s) will be fetched and compiled simultaneously. Then all you need > to do is to run 'make install' for each port. > > Note: I'm not sure but I think it's not a good practice to issue more > than one 'make install' at a time. > > Bahman > Mel wrote: > On Wednesday 05 September 2007 18:46:39 deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: >> Is it possible to do automatic fetching of source files in the background >> while other parts are being compiled? > > Not automatically, but if you know which ports need to be done next, nothing > stops you from doing: > cd /usr/ports/category/port && make fetch > on a different terminal. > OK... Downloading should never interference with compiling (other than faster consumption of disk space :) ), so this is an improvement that can/should be made. Send the recommendation to the commiters?