[HEADSUP & CFT] pkg 1.0rc1 and schedule

n j nino80 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 06:45:17 UTC 2012


On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Matthew Seaman <matthew at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 16/07/2012 04:32, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> On 2012-Jul-12 10:01:10 +0000, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> What is pkg
>>> -----------
>>> pkg is a new package manager for FreeBSD. It is designed as a replacement for
>>> the pkg_* tools, and as a full featured binary package manager.
>>
>> A couple of specific questions that I haven't seen answered during
>> this thread or in the wiki:
>> - Can pkgng cope with parallel installs?  What happpens if I
>>   simultaneously (attempt to) install conflicting packages?
>
> No.  Parallel installs will not work -- the first to start will lock the
> DB, and the second won't be able to proceed.
...

Would it be possible to start an FAQ page somewhere on pkgng wiki?
There were some good questions in this thread and even better answers
to them.

Just putting Peter's questions and Matthew's replies would be a good
start for such a page.

Regards,
-- 
Nino


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