registry lock

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Wednesday November 18 2015 08:47:53 Joshua Root wrote:

> > Exactly. Or the registry itself, for whatever reason that might happen outside of changing installed files.
> 
> You're missing the point. Installed ports must not be changed by another
> process even when the current one is not changing any.

I am indeed missing the point, of that remark. It would also mean that one couldn't do a `port install` when a `port list` (or `port rdeps` to pick something a bit more time-consuming) is running?

R