It would be a nice addition an option would be added to gnap_make in order to prevent the removal of the portage snapshot temporary files used by gnap make, since it can consist in a very big amount of time of the whole process. This would be especially useful when testing new changes, as the gnap_make process might need to be rerun many times, and saving the time to create the portage snapshot. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Use gnap_make 2. 3.
Hello Steve, You mean the time needed at the "Preparing portage snapshot" step when you use the "-o" option ? If you don't use the "-o" option it should be very quick. If I get you right, there is an easy workaround : use the portage snapshot that was created the last time... Example : First run : gnap_make -t all -o myportageoverlay -v 20051228A This will take time, and leave a /var/tmp/catalyst/snapshots/portage-20051228A.tar.bz2 file behind. Second run : gnap_make -t all -p /var/tmp/catalyst/snapshots/portage-20051228A.tar.bz2 -v 20051228B This will reuse the already-built snapshot file... Let me know if that solves it for you.
Closing as WONTFIX, feel free to reopen if comment #1 doesn't solve it for you
