Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.9-1 Severity: wishlist Some commands like "show" and "why", "why-not", needn't try to lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock # aptitude show scim-gtk2-immodule E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? Package: scim-gtk2-immodule State: installed...
This would help speed those commands too. OK, make attempting locking a configuration option off by default if you must. Often one wants to check details of a proposed deletion by using the show command in a different shell window. Anyway, locking is for when you plan to write. Yes, some details might be in flux, but then you would want to quite right away. Yes, you could print a warning: "somebody is changing things, the following might be in flyx" if you insist. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
