Mike Gerdts wrote:
> Similarly, if libC.so is patched, it would be extremely nice for the
> system to look at processes that have it mapped, trace those to
> SMF-managed services, then tell the administrator the minimum set that
> needs to be restarted (or do it automatically, if so configured).

One of the new features coming in patchadd is the use of loopback mounts,
so that if you install a patch that changes something that would break
existing software, it's installed, then the old version is loopback mounted
on top of it until you reboot.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/sundocs/articles/patch-wn.jsp has more details.

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        -Alan Coopersmith-           [EMAIL PROTECTED]
         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

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