Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:48:45 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ports lockfile? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0012191447170.8133-100000@mothra.ecs.csus.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001219113535.Q19572@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: # I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this before, I got a lot of approval # for the idea, but I don't have the time and familiarity with the # ports mk files to do what I propose. # # Usually when doing an install I'll start building several ports in # at the same time The problem is that frequently the ports will # recurse into the same dependancy, and the two builds will clobber # each other. # # I tried to figure out some way for the ports to use the 'lockf' # utility on the port makefile in order to protect it, but I can't # seem to figure out how and where to use lockf. # # We'd need some pre-pre-pre make step to do this I imagine, anyone # want to try to do this? Is it a good idea? I don't know the insides of the ports collections to know where to look for this, but I have run into the same exact problem. I end up having install one port at a time. You get my vote for it being a good idea. *********************************************************** * Joseph Scott The Office Of Water Programs * * joseph@randomnetworks.com joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu * *********************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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