Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:13:58 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Guilherme J. R. Oliveira" <guilherme@nortenet.pt> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Production Machine, Custom Kernel, Updating to P9 Message-ID: <20030323231358.5e29af1e.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <3E7DD572.1020700@nortenet.pt> References: <20030322125653.V11496@seven.alameda.net> <20030323080106.3D7195499@bert.int.kts.org> <20030323004521.W11496@seven.alameda.net> <3E7DD572.1020700@nortenet.pt>
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 15:40:34 +0000
"Guilherme J. R. Oliveira" <guilherme@nortenet.pt> wrote:
> > I usual do not bring it down, but I usual stop services before doing it.
> > Stopping services, installworld, mergemaster and reboot is usual only
> > 5 minutes.
> >
>
> What could happen if I don't stop the services: the file won't be
> updated because it's open or what ?
No, it will get updated. We don't have advisory locks, we have
cooperative locks. The only thing which can happen is: the service
segfaults, dies, hangs, aborts, stops, produces garbage or continues to
operate as usual.
Bye,
Alexander.
--
I believe the technical term is "Oops!"
http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net
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