Re: rpm packaging guideline question: differentiating between live/chroot installs?

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On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 18:55 -0700, Jane Dogalt wrote:
> So what about the case of an update to kernel module?  Is it then the
> responsibility of the installer (be it a script or a human) to rmmod
> the old
> module, (or close the app which closes the device which(?) autounloads
> the
> module), so that the next time the module is needed, the new module is
> autoloaded?
> 

Correct.  Make it available but don't auto switch to it.  Think of the
case of graphics modules.  They get put in place and the next time the
user unloads X and then loads it again, the new module will get used.

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