On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 03:22:58PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote > I've noticed something surprising (to me) about the order that 'emerge -auvND > world' > decides to install/upgrade/reinstall packages. The situation is as follows: > > * A large number of packages need to be build/installed/reinstalled > * Hit control-C during the build of package X > * Restart 'emerge -auvND world' > > I expect that it will start by building package X and resume with the > remainder of the packages in the same order as before. Often it does > not. The order of package bilds often seems to be quite different > after the interruption than it was the first time -- often X is a fair > ways down the list. > > Why is that?
See the "Emerge order not deterministic !?" thread from way back in 2015. https://linux.gentoo.user.narkive.com/YlGA5QBQ/gentoo-user-emerge-order-not-deterministic I remember it, because I was the OP on that thread. Basically, if there isn't a dependancy requirement between two packages, there's no guarantee which one gets emerged first. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
