Re: The kernel (file system) in Debian supports replacing files even while they're being used.
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 02:45:22PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 14:30, khromy wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:01:49PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > > /tmp$ cp -v /bin/sleep mysleep
> > > /tmp$ (./mysleep 100 &); cp -v /bin/sleep mysleep
> >
> > (./mysleep 100 &); rm mysleep; cp -v /bin/sleep mysleep
> >
> > ^-- works
>
> Shaul knows that *that* works. He wants to know how dpkg can
> update active/open files, while he can't...
It can't, but it doesn't need to. An upgrade is a sequence of remove and
install, while leaving the configuration intact. The remove step is
equivalent to the 'rm mysleep' step above.
Frank
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