|
![](/i/fill.gif) |
>> How difficult would it be to detect,
>
> More difficult than the guy writing the software for free felt like
> writing. That's one fundamental problem with FOSS. (Altho that might
> start changing given the number of people now being paid to write FOSS
> is outweighing the number of people not paid to write FOSS.)
...which is interesting, given that SUSE is a Novell product. (Although
we are talking about OpenSUSE here, so maybe that doesn't count?)
> Don't confuse the distro with the OS. Linux installs happily in <32M (at
> least on my set-top box). That a distro takes more isn't a problem
It is if you wanted to use that distro. ;-)
>> Services and applications can be restarted, but the kernel really,
>> really can't.]
>
> This is misleading too. If you're running a web server or a DB server,
> the difference between restarting the services and restarting the kernel
> is minimal. You're still not running while it's happening. And depending
> on what component you've replaced, you very well may not have updated
> everything you think you have. E.g., if you replace the PHP interpreter
> with one that has security bugs fixed, you now have to restart every
> service written in PHP to ensure that fix is in place. Which services
> are they? You can't tell. At least with Windows locking executables that
> are running, you can tell if an executable is in use when you update it
> and figure out which service is using it.
...OK...but isn't this [part of] what package managers are supposed to
manage?
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
Post a reply to this message
|
![](/i/fill.gif) |