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2009/12/11 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>: |
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> On Friday 11 December 2009 13:02:36 Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> Many thanks Alan, |
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>> so I conclude that rebooting IS necessary to get the new libraries used, |
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>> isn't it? |
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> No, not at all, you conclude wrongly. |
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> Unix works the way it does precisely so you *don't* require a reboot to use |
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> new libraries. They are already there and fully installed and fully |
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> operational. You just have to start using them - this may require restarting |
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> the relevant app that uses them and perhaps ldconfig. |
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To find out which files have been replaced, you can use the following command : |
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lsof | grep DEL |
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This will give you all files that have been deleted since they have |
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been loaded by the process. |
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From the process name, you can deduce the service and restart it. |
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I've never needed a reboot for this kind of problem. |
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You may have to switch to run level 1 to restart some important |
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services like udev. |
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> Windows is the brain-dead johnnie-come-lately here that requires reboots. But |
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> then again, Windows requires a reboot when it detects the pointer has moved so |
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> that isn't surprising |
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>> On the other hand running applications should continue to run, which is |
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>> not always the case, e.g. recently using cvs as non-root user just |
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>> hanged. Rebooting the system solved it (since I update my system nearly |
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>> each day). |
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> It was probably trying to use different versions of two matched libs. You |
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> should not have needed a reboot to fix that. |
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> -- |
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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