On Friday 11 December 2009 13:02:36 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Many thanks Alan, > > so I conclude that rebooting IS necessary to get the new libraries used, > isn't it?
No, not at all, you conclude wrongly. Unix works the way it does precisely so you *don't* require a reboot to use new libraries. They are already there and fully installed and fully operational. You just have to start using them - this may require restarting the relevant app that uses them and perhaps ldconfig. Windows is the brain-dead johnnie-come-lately here that requires reboots. But then again, Windows requires a reboot when it detects the pointer has moved so that isn't surprising > On the other hand running applications should continue to run, which is > not always the case, e.g. recently using cvs as non-root user just > hanged. Rebooting the system solved it (since I update my system nearly > each day). It was probably trying to use different versions of two matched libs. You should not have needed a reboot to fix that. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
