From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 01:43:10 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1DEAC80 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:43:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C4632439 for ; Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:43:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-19-70.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.70]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id sBU1h8aL032702 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:43:09 -0600 Message-ID: <54A204A3.9060605@hiwaay.net> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:49:23 -0600 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Subject: Re: Stupid question .... References: <54A1E9D4.60504@hiwaay.net> <20141230005702.GB2910@slackbox.erewhon.home> <20141230020549.cc26aa46.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20141230020549.cc26aa46.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:43:10 -0000 On 12/29/14 19:05, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 01:57:02 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 05:55:00PM -0600, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>> >>> .... I have been doing 'pkg upgrades' from an rxvt shell window for >>> months now. They have been going mostly OK, with a few rectifiable >>> glitches. Is it better/recommended to do so from the 'console' CLI, i.e. >>> no desktop, no XFCE, etc., just plain login shell ? just checking .... >> I don't think pkg will care much what kind of terminal it runs on. Or what >> shell for that matter. > I think the primary concern here is the observation that > during a "pkg upgrade", the binaries (and other files) > corresponding to the programs currently running will be > overwritten. This _might_ caus problems when the in-memory > image of a program doesn't "match" its on-disk counterpart > (for example, for loading additional stuff), but in fact, > I've never experienced this - I tend to use pkg from within > a normal X terminal (xterm). > > That (mem/lib mismatch) was indeed the concern. I did indeed finish this upgrade under an rxvt shell & all went well. I like the ability to scroll a *long* way back if necessary, hence my preference to run pkg from the rxvt shell. All seems well for now, including my longstanding issues w/ flash/linux-f10 .... *Hooooray* & thanks to all who labored to get that resolved, I'm sure it was drudgery at times. Thanks & congratulations, job well done :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.