"Stephen John Smoogen" <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> They could be done next boot. >> > > Not always... there have been several changes that could only be done > via a chroot environment. If for example ext4 were to be chosen for > Fedora XII it would need a chroot. Sure, fdisk also needs "chroot", even when the system version stays the same. > Large changes in how glibc work are > probably better examples.. I think everything related to glibc can be done early in the init sequence. Even before /sbin/init is started, if needed. BTW: init can be reloaded without rebooting. -- Krzysztof Halasa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
