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Post #68,756 by rickmoen 12/13/02 4:32:23 PM 12/14/02 4:49:16 PM Reply	Ha! Yeah, sorry about that. (So I can't keep attributions straight. ;-> ) In case people are wondering, in my long post about Debian, above, in response to Ross's request, I attributed a love of SuSE to Scott, having misread the preceding exchanges. After saving the post, I realised my error, and went back and fixed it. Rick Moen rick@linuxmafia.com If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already. Edited by rickmoen Dec. 14, 2002, 04:49:16 PM EST Expand All History
Post #68,762 by admin 12/13/02 4:49:11 PM Reply	You weren't that far off... I do like SuSE's polish, and of the RPM distros I've tried it has the best package management. But as soon as I get this damned Debian kernel to boot, I'm dumping it. :-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #68,827 by deSitter 12/13/02 11:15:00 PM Reply	How does Debian.. ..deal with library updates? -drl
Post #68,843 by kmself 12/14/02 12:27:23 AM Reply	Debian library updates [link\|http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/\|Debian Policy], section 9, [link\|http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html\|Shared Libraries]. \r\n\r\n Minor versions are updated in place via the 'link()' system call, which is atomic (rm + cp are not, which is why this creates a problem, and which is why any distro does library updates via symlinks). \r\n\r\n Major versions generally result in a new package, with the library major version noted. \r\n\r\n There's a collection of obsoleted libraries in "oldlibs", which allow, eg, libc5 programs to function properly. \r\n\r\n As with all other aspects of a Debian system upgrade, with the exception of the kernel and kernel modules, these updates may be made on a functioning system, in multi-user mode, without requiring a reboot or shutdown to single-user mode. \r\n\r\n What specific issues did you have in mind? \r\n --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n

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