Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 08:02:50 -0700 From: "Scott M. Likens" <damm@fpsn.net> To: Paul Richards <paul@inty.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Text file busy Message-ID: <1062687770.45731.4.camel@acheron.livid.de> In-Reply-To: <1062686653.67807.77.camel@localhost> References: <1062686653.67807.77.camel@localhost>
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--MIMEStream=_0+73850_821863252225837_2427307856 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-DGrR4bIFK4NIuN+T9eDD" Mime-Version: 1.0 --=-DGrR4bIFK4NIuN+T9eDD Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 07:44, Paul Richards wrote: > Overwriting a file that's currently executing results in a "Text file > busy" error. >=20 > When did this start happening? >=20 > This was something that was fixed way back on FreeBSD but it seems to be > a problem again. >=20 > Paul. this "feature" has always existed in FreeBSD for as long as I remember. Of course there are ways to bypass this "feature" but it's there for your protection. You shouldn't be upgrading a program that's in resident memory. That's like trying to reinstall X while running in X.=20 You're just asking for problems. turnoff postfix, install the new version and be happy. Every single 'flavor' of Unix/Unices has always had this feature. I've seen it on HP-UX box's on Solaris Servers, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD. Maybe you wern't paying attention but, that is one of those things I think should fall under duh, i shouldn't do that it might make things crash hard. Scott. --=20 "I think we ought to be out there doing what we do best - making large holes in other people's countries." - George Carlin --=-DGrR4bIFK4NIuN+T9eDD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/V1QaD2+AYUq0LpARArMwAJ4w+OhY+2+xzm6O9WF6/HoR6pQ7cQCeInHo LAIHLoyaD7R8krwIpqr5qac= =iAgs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-DGrR4bIFK4NIuN+T9eDD-- --MIMEStream=_0+73850_821863252225837_2427307856--
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