On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:50:15 +0100 Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Neive question - if it is such a bad idea, shouldn't there be a check | for it? Maybe a second overlapping emerge should come up with a | "Warning: emerge already running - continue (y/N)?" | message if a lock file exists to indicate that the portage tree is | busy...
Portage is non-interactive unless you --ask. So a better suggestion would be for it to bail out unless a --allow-parallel (say) switch is provided. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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