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From: "Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <hkBst@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Phase invariancy and exclusivity requirements
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:30:50
Message-Id: 47384686.8030506@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Phase invariancy and exclusivity requirements by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:40:08 +0000
6 > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
7 >> Is the following set sufficient? Is the following set the least
8 >> restrictive correct solution?
9 >
10 > ... to explain the implications of these...
11 >
12 > Say we have packages a, b and c, and none of them have any
13 > dependencies. One valid solution to the build ordering is as follows:
14 >
15 > * Install a
16 > * Install b
17 > * Install c
18 >
19 > One of many solutions that is *not* valid is:
20 >
21 > * Start doing a, b and c in parallel. Install them as they become
22 > ready, doing only one merge at once.
23 >
24 > Another that is not valid is:
25 >
26 > * Start doing a, b and c in parallel, but don't merge them.
27 > * Merge a.
28 > * Merge b.
29 > * Merge c.
30 >
31 > One that is valid is:
32 >
33 > * Build binary packages for a, b and c in parallel.
34 > * Merge a's binary.
35 > * Merge b's binary.
36 > * Merge c's binary.
37
38 What exactly is the difference between this valid situation and the previous
39 invalid one?
40
41 Marijn
42
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44 Marijn Schouten (hkBst), Gentoo Lisp project, Gentoo ML
45 <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-{lisp,ml} on FreeNode
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Phase invariancy and exclusivity requirements "Piotr Jaroszyński" <peper@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Phase invariancy and exclusivity requirements "Fernando J. Pereda" <ferdy@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Phase invariancy and exclusivity requirements Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>