Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:36:57 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: wmoran@potentialtech.com Subject: Re: Newbie Question About System Update Message-ID: <42655DD9.7020300@t-hosting.hu> In-Reply-To: <42655B8E.5020603@mac.com> References: <426447F8.5090209@charter.net> <200504191317.j3JDH76H001458@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> <20050419120053.6ad17df1.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <42655B8E.5020603@mac.com>
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> 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. Though this is true, I discourage You to upgrade a running system. I tried to upgarde 5.3-RELEASE to 5-STABLE without booting to single user mode. I simply sent a TERM signal to most of the processes, and tried to make installworld. There was some error messages, the system crashed and didn't boot anymore...
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