Re: Bug#49420: Don't lock status DB with --download-only (or while downloading generally)
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Arthur Korn wrote:
> > > Apt-get upgrade blocks me from testing my own packages while it
> > > is downloading files (takes me hours over my slow link). It
> > > locks the status-DB (even dpkg refuses to installs), though it
> > > doesn't touch it while downloading (or does it?).
> >
> > Use the no-locking option in this case, -o Debug::no-locking=true
>
> Thanks for the hint, but it does not work for some reason:
Hmm, no dash. just Debug::nolocking=true
Jason
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