another synaptic is running

[Carsten Aulbert (list)]

Hi,

Kamal Paryani wrote:

> lets say while updates are being downloaded i want to try to install
> some other software - it would not allow me
> 

And that's the way it is supposed to be, because synaptic uses apt/dpkg
in the background and there is only a single "prcess" supposed to act on
these databases. Otherwise inconsistent data might be left over.


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HTH & Greetings

Carsten