On 28 August 2017 20:37:30 GMT+02:00, allan gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: >On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> I forgot to mention there are things that /significantly/ improve >> compile times. Top of the list is /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs. > >Does this mean that, if the build fails, you build again not on tmpfs >so >as to capture build.log? > >thanks, >allan
As long as you don't reboot, the entire contents will remain. If you set PORT_LOGDIR, the build.log will be copied to the specified location even if the build fails. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.