On 8/5/2011 18:59, Jim Henderson wrote:
> That of allowing files to be deleted while they're open.  I don't "think"
> that's a choice of the package manager, because it is in fact how *nix
> filesystems work, regardless of what the app thinks about it.

Well, yes, it allows files to be deleted while they're open.

"thankfully, package updates write a new file and rename it over the old 
name, leaving our open copy the only remaining reference to the old name."

That's the only place where he makes a distinction, and that's what I'm 
talking about. As I demonstrated elsewhere, it's a choice of the package 
manager whether to write a new file and rename it, or overwrite the old 
file, which is what he's talking about here.

> I guess we'll have to disagree on it.  I read his description and found
> that it made no sense at all, and I'm not exactly a newbie to Linux....

OK. It made perfect sense to me, and I'm not exactly a newbie to Linux *or* 
Unix.

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