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From: David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Simultaneously emerging multiple packages with same dependencies
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:15:26
Message-Id: 20110127160439.3676580b@karnak.local
1 On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:10:02 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
2 [gentoo-user] Re: Simultaneously emerging multiple packages with same
3 dependencies:
4
5 >On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:12:24 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
6 [snip]
7 >> You can try, but the second instance with simply block until the
8 >> lock has been removed.
9 >
10 >The lock is not there for the entire emerge, I have run two emerges at
11 >the same time, such as when I needed to install something while a world
12 >update is in progress. It is possible, but not recommended as a general
13 >strategy. That's what --jobs is for.
14
15 Ditto here.
16
17 Moreover, it is safer to perform all the package installations in a
18 single emerge, as the command will schedule dependencies correctly
19 (most of the time).
20 --
21 Regards,
22
23 Dave [RLU #314465]
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25 dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon)
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