On 8/4/2011 21:17, Jim Henderson wrote:
> The package manager, for example, doesn't control whether files are
> replaced or deleted - what he's seeing is part of the standard filesystem
> behaviour.

Or, to put it another way...

% echo alpha > alpha ; echo beta > beta
% (sleep 20 ; cat ) < alpha &
% sleep 3 ; cp beta alpha

What does "cat" print?

% echo alpha > alpha ; echo beta > beta
% (sleep 20 ; cat ) < alpha &
% sleep 3 ; mv beta alpha

What does "cat" print?

They're both standard file system behaviors. It's the choice of the package 
manager to use one technique over the other, not the choice of the file system.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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