On Jan 4, 2016, at 5:13 PM, René J.V. Bertin <rjvber...@gmail.com> wrote: > You're aware that the full path to the lockfile is already printed, almost as > if to allow people who know what they're doing to copy/paste it into a > different terminal window and remove it.
you're assuming a lot there. > An option to ignore the lock has the benefit of documentation, and can be > coupled to a confirmation request. we don't do interactive interrogation generally for port actions (I don't think the GSOC that added it for interactive sessions landed in a release, but I could be wrong). Usability research says that that sort of thing ("You're about to shoot yourself in the foot, do you wish to continue? Yes/No") doesn't actually work to protect users. > I suppose it would also be possible to add additional locking code to protect > certain operation that should always be exclusive (like install, de/activate). please do. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dl...@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+ _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev