Matthias Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:[ ... ]
Fact is, trying to update a running system could result in silent failures.
True. It's better to shut down as many tasks as possible.
The system can not replace programs that are in use,
This is generally not the case. Unix lets you continue to access a file after it has been deleted, so long as the process hangs on to a file descriptor. This lets you replace programs in use, without running into the same problems that platforms like Windows have.
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