Casper.Dik at Sun.COM writes: > >On 9/14/07, Bart Smaalders <bart.smaalders at sun.com> wrote: > >> In most cases, these sorts of actions can be postponed until either the > >> service is started (for a simple case) or the machine is rebooted. Very > >> few third-party packages should need to perform unique actions before > >> the machine reboots. > > > >Not at all. Are you saying that we should expect to reboot > >our systems whenever we add or remove software? > > > All for Windows compatibility :-)
Heh. No, I think I'd expect that the packaging system would cause those processes to run immediately (rather than waiting for reboot) when the system image being acted on is actually the running system. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
