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On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:12:42 +0200 |
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Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za> wrote: |
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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 |
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> through it's inode on-disk, not the file name. When the file is |
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> replaced during an update, you get a whole new file with a different |
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> inode, and the original is only replaced when the last program using |
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> it closes the 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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Quite true, but the program might have to be rebuilt if the |
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dependancies change, before it can be conviced to run again. That is, |
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if you plan to use them while they're being updated, better have them |
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running so updates to the things they need don't effect them. |
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