On Friday 04 February 2011 12.47:21 Fernando Lemos wrote: > do, say, an "apt-get upgrade", apt prepares an upgrade "plan" that > uses a given set of packages. If apt wouldn't lock [...] > new plan would have to be created, the user would > have to be asked for confirmation again. Doesn't sound that great. If apt can (can it easily? Not sure) determine if the package db has not changed, this could be a noop for 99% of the users. Not sure if it's worth the complexity, thogh, I've only had this issue very occasionally. cheers -- vbi -- featured product: GNU Privacy Guard - http://gnupg.org
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