Re: [Fink-users] Multiple fink builds

[Martin von Weissenberg]

It shouldn't be a problem. The only minor itch I can see is that dpkg is non-parallel, so if several build processes finish at around the same time and all try to invoke dpkg, the first process to invoke dpkg will succeed and the rest will fail. Dpkg locks the files when it's working on the database, so there's no risk of corruption, but you will have to reinstall the other packages (no recompile necessary).

In my opinion, it might even be advisable to run two builds at once, because then the CPU and hard disk will be used more effectively -- provided you have enough memory of course.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to add a "nice" option to fink? I usually like to write "nice -20 fink install ...; say 'Installation done'", hide the Terminal and then continue with other things. The computer is more responsive that way.

--Martin


On lauantai, marras 30, 2002, at 04:53 Europe/Helsinki, Philip Ershler wrote:

Is it advisable or safe to have more than 1 fink compile and build process running on the same machine? Are there any concerns about multiple sessions trying to access (for write) fink's database files?

Thanks, Phil



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