GNU bug report logs - #19941
simultaneous installation to same profile

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel <at> gnu.org>, bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: simultaneous installation to same profile
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:15:22 +0100

Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus <at> mdc-berlin.de> skribis:

> my colleague was curious what would happen if he installed two packages
> at the same time from different shell sessions.
>
> He ran "guix package -i openmpi" in one shell and "guix package -i
> boost" in the other.  The boost installation apparently finished earlier
> and was added to the profile.  When the openmpi installation finished,
> it was nowhere to be found in the profile.  (See the logs below.)
>
> Should we prevent simultaneous installations with locks?

Yes, it would be nice; filing it to bug-guix.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: 19941-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: simultaneous installation to same profile
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:40:02 +0100

It's fun to close old bugs :). This one had a more recent duplicate I fixed recently, so closing. See https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/36375.

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