On Jan 4, 2016, at 5:13 PM, René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> 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.
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