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Re: update-menus runs in the background?



Le Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:08:10 -0500, Justin Pryzby a écrit :

> It seems that /usr/bin/update-menus now runs in the background.  I ran
> sudo apt-et install glade, and after it finished, I ran ps -ef |tail
> -5, and the last commands running were update-menus.real, and
> install-menu.
> 
> Is it supposed to be a background job, and, if so, why?

yes. I don't know why but i guess it is so as when one update multiple
packages calling update-menu, update-menu is only run once after all
packages are upgraded (weel update-menu check if dpkg is running and wait
if so).

Alban



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