Re: Parallel installation of rpm packages

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Raj (Basavaraj) Karadakal wrote:

> Hi,
> 	Is it possible to install rpm packages in parallel on a given
> machine? I have not tried it but want to know before I do it.
>  

rpm-4.2 and later has concurrent access, so parallel installs are permitted.

Whether this actually works or not is a whole different matter, there's 
certainly
other, not just database, serializiation locks that can/will be needed 
in order to
reliably do parallel installs.

My guess is that you can probably succeed in doing parallel installs 
with a couple
of packages. Whether rpm can/should support parallel installs is an 
entirely open
ended question.

In case I'm not making myself perfectly clear:
    Don't bet your job on "parallel install" support in rpm any time soon.

73 de Jeff