On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 00:22, Buck wrote: > This is killing me. I come from the windows world where we deal with > bugs almost daily. The rule seems to be to patch the bug, then patch > the patch to fix the bug, then patch the patch to fix the patch to fix > the bug and finally install the patch to fix the original problem since > it was re-introduced in the series of patches to fix the patches. > > I am so disgusted with having to constantly keep on top of the patches, > especially the ones that require the server to be rebooted. And your > solution to Red Hat is to find the problem and fix it once and for all! > > IMHO a properly configured system should not need to be > > rebooted. When you have to upgrade the kernel should be > > often enough. If you find that you do have to reboot the > > system on a regular basis to "fix" something then you need to > > dig into that problem and fix it for real. There are still patches that you need to keep up with. However, for most of them a reboot is not required. Most if not all of the subsystems can be restarted without a reboot. The benefits of having a "real" kernel OS. ;D -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
