Re: [Dorset] Rebooting after software installation or upgrade

2014-03-12 Thread Keith Edmunds
If an in-use library file is replaced, the file won't be removed from disk until no more processes are accessing it. You may see a new file (ie, a new inode number), but old processes are still using the old library file (which may well have the same name). You can force a daemon to use the new

Re: [Dorset] Rebooting after software installation or upgrade

2014-03-12 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 12 Mar 2014 19:28:11 Ralph Corderoy wrote: http://www.howtogeek.com/182817/htg-explains-why-does-windows-want-to-reboot -so-often/ might help. I only skimmed it. Hmmm. That link says that the only reason that Windows has to reboot is that it holds locks on files that are in use