Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:09:44 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" <philip@riderway.com> To: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@adempiere.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports collection background-fetch Message-ID: <46DEE2D8.7090409@riderway.com> In-Reply-To: <46DEE2B2.4080602@adempiere.org> References: <46DEDD6F.9020509@gmail.com> <46DEE2B2.4080602@adempiere.org>
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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. This is fine unless 2 ports depend on the same one -- i.e the glib related ones esp. The makes will "rm -f the .o" files and confuse one another. If this happens no biggie, just rerun the make for that port in one window. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Philip M. Gollucci (philip@riderway.com) 323.219.4708 Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc. http://riderway.com 1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF Work like you don't need the money, love like you'll never get hurt, and dance like nobody's watching.
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