Re: prelink should not mess with running executables

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Chris Adams writes:

Once upon a time, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> I would expect that /proc/self/exe symlink gives the name of the running
> executable. I don't think it's an unreasonable expectation.

There are lots of ways that can fail already; prelink is just one.
Running "yum update" can break it as well (not every process is
restarted in %post).

Yes, but that can be controlled, by doing the right thing via all the rpm hooks.

These factors can be controlled. prelink cannot be.


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