On Friday 12 February 2010 14:58:38 Basil Chupin wrote:
Come to think of it, when one runs zypper and it updates/upgrades your s/ware it almost always 'tells' you that there are running apps which you may want to restart, and to use 'ps' to see what they are.
Isn't that the same as stating, "Reboot system" for the changes to come into effect?
Of course it isn't, and I hate to say this, but only a windows user would be unable to tell the difference. In one case you have "you have to reboot your system because the kernel is locking stuff that prevents us from completing the update" In the other you have "according to 40 year old UNIX tradition, a running process is still using the old version of the file, and it won't be finally deleted until the process is restarted, at which point the program will get the new version" Now, don't be a windows user. Tell the difference And don't bother telling me how long you've been using this or that. If you have been using linux or unix for more than two weeks, you would not have made that very silly comment Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org