Re: First Email of the Day (Re: OT: The Irony in It!)

From: Ilari Liusvaara <noaddress_at_porn.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:20:15 +0000
Message-ID: <slrnb3g3af.8cp.noaddress@LK_Perkele_IV9.localdomain>

Datagram from phoenix incoming on netlink socket <emFrJtjxCHA.2660_at_TK2MSFTNGP09>. Dumping datagram.
>
> The need to reboot is indeed a major 'mistake' of MS. And I don't
> understand why it's necessary to reboot. Why can't they just unload the
> libraries, replace them and then load them again?

That is actually more difficult than it sounds.

The way this is done on Unix: Standard practice says that if daemon receives SIGHUP, it restarts, reloads configuration, executable and libraries.

-Ilari

-- 
I supposed it was about 20kilogram bomb... Instead it was a few 
kilogram one. -- Ilari Liusvaara
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