On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Enrico Weigelt <weig...@metux.de> wrote: >> Not true. Renaming a running executable works just fine, for example. > > Well, has been quite a while since I last used Windows, but IIRC > renaming an running executable was denied.
Maybe on FAT. However, that's OT. >> >> > Why not designing an new (overlay'ing) filesystem for that ? >> >> >> >> Increased complexity, lower performance, little benefit. >> > >> > Why that ? Currently applications (try to) implement that all on >> > their own, which needs great efforts for multiprocess synchronization. >> > Having that in a little fileserver eases this sychronization and >> > moves the complexity to a single point. >> >> I mean compared to implementing it properly in the kernel. > > Doing it in the kernel would be fine (maybe DLM could be used here), What's DLM? > but would be a nonportable solution for quite a long time ;-o Since it's the only proper solution I don't think that's a problem. Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinzgo=u85r4mjaxuslkzdha7_yhbfz2ylfu7...@mail.gmail.com
