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On Sunday 03 June 2007, Benjamin Graf wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I would like to know if there is a danger if I use a program during |
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> its updating (when I run emerge -uD world for example). |
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For the most part, no danger. |
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A running program will have certain files open and accesses them through |
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it's inode on-disk, not the file name. When the file is replaced during |
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an update, you get a whole new file with a different inode, and the |
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original is only replaced when the last program using it closes the |
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file. |
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Occasionally (very) it does go wrong, then you simply restart the |
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program. You are highly unlikely to break anything. |
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alan |
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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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