Sergey Zaharchenko writes:
> When a file is open by a process, even if you unlink it and replace it
> with another one, the original file will stay on disk until the last
> file handle referencing it is closed.
Yes.
> I assume that holds true for libraries too.
I don't ... but I must also allow as I'm talking at the border
between understanding, informed speculation, and outright guesswork.
> So, EXISTING processes aren't screwed. But, when a NEW
> process is created, it references the NEW shared library, and if their
> ABI's don't match --- BOOM!:) That was just a correction.
>
> I was under the impression that the OP already had KDE (and thus all
> `father' ports) installed and up-to-date, and only wanted to patch a
> file.
I don't remember whether he said "up to date"; if so, then my
worries are moot.
I run a few KDE apps, but very little of the larger
environment, Every time I have upgraded even one of those apps it
has provoked a long, tortuous (and not always sucessful) session of
upgrading other ports.
> Please read more carefully. I mentioned '-w'.
Mea culpa. Sorry.
Robert Huff
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