Re: upgrading packages that are in use, especially X or gnome

2003-11-14 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 17:36, Tom wrote: I know you don't need to reboot after you apt-get upgrade, but I'm a bit curious about upgrading packages that are in use. I knowly vaguely that the kernel allows you to replace executables that are in use so it all works, but I have questions.

Re: upgrading packages that are in use, especially X or gnome

2003-11-14 Thread Tom
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:12:14AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 17:36, Tom wrote: I know you don't need to reboot after you apt-get upgrade, but I'm a bit curious about upgrading packages that are in use. I knowly vaguely that the kernel allows you to replace

upgrading packages that are in use, especially X or gnome

2003-11-13 Thread Tom
I know you don't need to reboot after you apt-get upgrade, but I'm a bit curious about upgrading packages that are in use. I knowly vaguely that the kernel allows you to replace executables that are in use so it all works, but I have questions. *Services like cupsys or inetd seem to stop, do a