-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Miles Bader wrote: > Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Important! You should _not_ upgrade using telnet, rlogin, rsh, or from >> an X session managed by xdm, gdm or kdm etc on the machine you are >> upgrading. That is because each of those services may well be terminated >> during the upgrade which can result in an _inaccessible_ system that is >> only half-upgraded." > > There's also a chance that a meteor will fly into your computer, > rendering it inoperable. Doesn't happen in practice though... > > When's then last time anybody _actually_ had a problem with this? > Is there _anyone_ (well anyone with a clue, anyway) who actually quits X > to upgrade their system (after all the typical debian user upgrades > several times a day ... :-)? > > [The upgrade scripts in fact seem to be very careful about not hosing a > running X session -- e.g. if you upgrade gdm, it doesn't restart it, > rather it says "arranging for it to be restarted when you quit".]
It's not easier recommend to use `screen' while upgrading instead of recommending to quit any X session? Regards. - -- Jose Luis Rivas. San Cristóbal, Venezuela. PGP: 0xCACAB118 http://ghostbar.ath.cx/{about,acerca} - http://debian.org.ve `ghostbar' @ irc.debian.org/#debian-ve,#debian-devel-es -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHa/lqOKCtW8rKsRgRAiO7AJ9s+r+/y9MiCkHuXzD/a9QwoUrTfgCgyPd/ OW/mTtWuBVzBC+kziTDZdOM= =QytT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
