yum-updatesd actually work for anyone?
Zing
zing at fastmail.fm
Wed Jul 11 00:37:03 UTC 2007
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:17:52 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Zing wrote:
>
>
>> it would be great if some yum/python ace could bring rpm's ability to
>> have multiple/parallel installs running at the same time to yum. this
>> problem would disappear.
>
> What do you mean by parallel installs? RPM does lock the database when
> you install a particular package. You cannot install two packages at the
> same time.
>
> Rahul
well, my memory is hazy and I'm definitely not an rpm expert, but I do
distinctly remember a time years ago when rpm did indeed support
concurrent access... yes even with multiple two packages at the same
time. this may or may not be true nowadays... i don't know.
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