From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 17:10:07 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 59D7D16A46B for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@Riderway.com) Received: from exhub015-2.exch015.msoutlookonline.net (exhub015-2.exch015.msoutlookonline.net [207.5.72.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F18A13C442 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 17:10:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@Riderway.com) Received: from philip.hq.rws (74.93.213.161) by smtpx15.msoutlookonline.net (207.5.72.103) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.0.730.1; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:09:45 -0700 Message-ID: <46DEE2D8.7090409@riderway.com> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:09:44 -0400 From: "Philip M. Gollucci" Organization: Rideray Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070703) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bahman M." References: <46DEDD6F.9020509@gmail.com> <46DEE2B2.4080602@adempiere.org> In-Reply-To: <46DEE2B2.4080602@adempiere.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" 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 17:10:07 -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. 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.