On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:57:00 -0400 Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sergey Matveychuk writes: > > > > If portupgrade can calculate the depency and launch many ports > > > build in same time for non-depending ports it's can be > > > wonderful. > > > > I'm sure it's a good idea. I'd use it too. But I have a very > > little free time with my current employment. So I can't implement > > it. Sorry. > > It is also my understanding that ruby (used to manage the > ports database) a) is not re-entrant and/or b) does not lock the > files it is using/changing. Having two instances running at once > causes Bad Things(tm) to happen. Presumably most of the work can be done in parallel with the critical stages serialised. There's already a build tool that builds several ports in parallel, I presume that's how it works. I can't remember what it's called offhand. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
