On May 15, 2004, at 3:22 PM, Robert T Wyatt wrote:
Common sense tells me that it is foolish to have more than one terminal window installing/removing files at the same time.
Is this true?
It can be done, but you have to be careful:
Say A build-depends on B, and C build-depends on B', and B' replaces B.
If you installed A first, then C, then B would be installed while you're installing A, and would be replaced by B' when you install C. Since B and B' are just build-dependencies, they aren't needed to run, so this isn't a problem.
On the other hand, installing A and C simultaneously in separate windows might lead you to grief: B gets installed, and then while A is building B' gets installed and B gets removed.
If you're installing a few small things without a web of dependencies, then you may be OK.
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