On Jan 27, 2008 7:29 PM, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "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. theoretically one could update a kernel without technically rebooting... but at what point are you just being silly to just say you have the longest uptime (and is it uptime if you have dropped all your services to do your update?) -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
