On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Fernando Lemos <fernando...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This is possible, however, it is an extra busy work for a user. In any >> case, I think that holding a lock only for downloading is an overkill >> and this can be relaxed. > > As far as I can tell (and please correct me if I'm wrong), when you > do, say, an "apt-get upgrade", apt prepares an upgrade "plan" that > uses a given set of packages. If apt wouldn't lock and parallel to > that you do an "apt-get install", for example, the original "plan" > might not be valid anymore (e.g., new "Breaks" or "Conflicts" were > introduced). So a new plan would have to be created, the user would > have to be asked for confirmation again. Doesn't sound that great.
That's the choice of the user. Probably most of the time a change of plan wouldn't be needed. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikjto7gd44nuptrok9gfpd7k0qk6akaqzlcv...@mail.gmail.com
