From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Dec 19 13:20:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 13:20:12 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mothra.ecs.csus.edu (mothra.ecs.csus.edu [130.86.76.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97C4537B400; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:20:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mothra.ecs.csus.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBJMmjF10543; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:48:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joseph@randomnetworks.com) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:48:45 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Scott X-X-Sender: To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: , Subject: Re: ports lockfile? In-Reply-To: <20001219113535.Q19572@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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