On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:56:57 -0400 > Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Nico, > >> Synaptic is my friend. The only issue I've had with it is that, due to >> locking, I cannot run "apt-get" command line simultaneously from >> another window. But that's a small price to pay for such a well >> developed GUI. > > Locking is a good thing. It's there for a reason. Why would you need > to run apt-get at the same time as Synaptic, anyway?
Because you left Synaptic running on an X session, went home,and would like to install or change something or let the nightly updates run. Or because you're running a local setup script, or nightly update tool. I'm not saying locking is bad: I'm saying "it can interfere", because the GUI keeps the lock open continuously in a way that occasional apt-get or aptitude commands do not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOCN9rzHmb1Cwsh2fk9z=dnmtrsc67_7cjmdhe+0gxkntkw...@mail.gmail.com
