Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 14:35:56 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: khera@kciLink.com Subject: Re: dog bite? Message-ID: <200011052235.eA5MZug18909@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <14853.46185.942858.985511@yertle.kciLink.com> References: <E13s6DG-0000AY-00@rip.psg.com> <14853.46185.942858.985511@yertle.kciLink.com>
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In article <14853.46185.942858.985511@yertle.kciLink.com>, Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> wrote: > > That file is unconditionally installed with the -C flag > to install, so it keeps the same date even though the file is updated > if the contents do not change. There are a handful of files installed > that way for some reason. I know not why. The -C flag is used for installing the dynamic linker because it causes it to be installed atomically. That is, it is first installed to a temporary file, and then it is atomically renamed to ld-elf.so.1. It ensures that at all times there is a valid dynamic linker, even if you kill the job in the middle of the install. You _really_ don't want to have a system with a corrupted or missing dynamic linker. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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