Emerge Download Question

layman82 · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 19

I have not used gentoo , but i have a question about Emerge/Ebuild ,

When giving the command : emerge application1

and application1 requires application2 .

So does the emerge/ebuild first Dowloads both these applications and then starts the overall compilation.

(or)
It goes out in the following schema :: Downloads application2 , compiles it.
Then Downloads application1 and compiles it.

Hope it is legible?

Pindrop · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:47 am Post subject:

That is correct. The 'ebuild' (script that tells emerge what to do) lists the dependencies for each package/program, and will download, compile, and install all packages needed to compile the initial program that you are merging.

layman82 · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 19

I am sorry , i still dont get it. Was my first one true or my second one

PowerFactor · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:11 am Post subject:

Your second guess was correct.

layman82 · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 19

Wont that will have major Effect on Internet Connection Time period.

As the internet time will be wasted during long compilations.

I thought emerge will download all the required packages and then start compilation one by one.

What will be your view on this

Pythonhead · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:46 am Post subject:

You can fetch all the packages first, then hang up and compile them all.

There are people who have come up with various ways to download in the background while compiling, but they aren't in the official portage system (yet).

layman82 · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 19

You said , it is possible to download all the required packages and then hangup the internet and start compiling.

Can you briefly explain this please?

Brandy · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:45 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Portage & Programming.

You can download a package (and all its dependencies) with the following: