Hi,

I've looked through the forums ...

Hi,

I've looked through the forums and the portage docs but I can't find anything that tells me exactly what emerge is doing. Is it downloading sources, meta descriptions or what? Any links?

Secondly, and this is why I want to know the answer to the above, we have a 10mbs fibre connection but with severe bandwidth restrictions. If we go over our limit our bill goes through the roof. I'm sitting next to a machine that I have just typed in emerge sync on (as in the installation instructions) wondering exactly how angry my boss is going to get at me. I have a bad feeling that its download the source for 4000 packages. What is the case?

Thanks,
Willie