Who will want rebootless upgrades?

Posted Aug 4, 2011 18:51 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Who will want rebootless upgrades? by elanthis
Parent article: Ksplice and CentOS

And when the kill switch fires up, how do you upgrade it? You have to set the clock back and kill ntpd or something. Why not just print a 'this is out of date' message like clamav does? (Though, OK, they used a kill switch too, but just once, and a dead clamav doesn't stop you from upgrading it.)

Who will want rebootless upgrades?

Posted Aug 5, 2011 3:44 UTC (Fri) by elanthis (guest, #6227) [Link]

Those issues are exactly why nobody actually does it.

My solution would basically be to print a "you're a moron who should've upgraded two major releases ago, you don't deserve to be on the Internet" message. Granted, I'm also the kind of person who thinks that cops should pull over people who don't use their turn signals, ask them for their license and registration, and then toss both into the nearest ditch while telling the driver that he's not competent enough to be allowed the privilege of operating a two ton steel missile on wheels... ;)