When I execute 'emerge package_name' (e.g. emerge gnome), emerge run run into loop: 1) download pacakge x 2) compile package 3) goto 1) This is very bad solution because installation of complex packages, like kde, gnome, etc. is two times longer then is should be! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: look how installation of complex packages looks Actual Results: I wait two times longer than I should while installing things :-) Expected Results: Emerge should download first pacakge, than should start compiling it. It the same time it should start downloading the rest of packages. It's correct solution because compilation is only cpu consuming and downloading is only bandwidth consuming so there are independed. Compilation shouldn't be suspensed while downloading and vice versa. If downloading stops first there will be no problem, compilation will go on. If compilation is faster than downloading it should stops and wait for next package if it's not available in current moment. I've made some test and on my machine compilation time of KDE for example would change from 7h to 4h when compilation and downloading is synchronous.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1661 ***