From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Mar 23 14:14:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA87C37B401 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:14:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com (mailout02.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 063E443F85 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 14:14:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd05.sul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18xDj8-00013W-08; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:14:02 +0100 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (520065502893-0001@[217.83.27.58]) by fmrl05.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18xDj7-0Ya2KWC; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:14:01 +0100 Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (Magelan [192.168.1.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2NMDwOq055022; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:13:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.12.7/8.12.7) with SMTP id h2NMDwE9088288; Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:13:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:13:58 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: "Guilherme J. R. Oliveira" 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 520065502893-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 15:40:34 +0000 "Guilherme J. R. Oliveira" 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 GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message