Bug 113465

Summary:	New option to prevent removal of portage snapshot files at the end of gnap_make
Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects	Reporter:	Steve Johnson <maillist>
Component:	GNAP	Assignee:	Gentoo Network Appliance Bugs <gnap>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Steve Johnson 2005-11-24 06:06:48 UTC

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 
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Comment 1 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-28 05:52:21 UTC

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.

Comment 2 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-04-15 03:31:27 UTC

Closing as WONTFIX, feel free to reopen if comment #1 doesn't solve it for you