On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:10:02 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Simultaneously emerging multiple packages with same dependencies:
>On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:12:24 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: [snip] >> You can try, but the second instance with simply block until the >> lock has been removed. > >The lock is not there for the entire emerge, I have run two emerges at >the same time, such as when I needed to install something while a world >update is in progress. It is possible, but not recommended as a general >strategy. That's what --jobs is for. Ditto here. Moreover, it is safer to perform all the package installations in a single emerge, as the command will schedule dependencies correctly (most of the time). -- Regards, Dave [RLU #314465] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* dwn...@ntlworld.com (David W Noon) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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