Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:05:41 +0100 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: how to restart userland? |
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Tomas Szepe wrote:
> >>Is there a reason you want to "completely" restart userland and *not* >>reboot (for instance, wanting to keep existing mounts, etc)? > > > Extensive userland upgrades (glibc is a nice example I guess), etc. > Consider using debian then - a glibc upgrade there is no problem as various services (including init) are restarted automatically mostly without disturbing running applications.
To make everything use the new library revision, do an "init 1". You'll get to single-user mode where you either log in and do an "init 2" or simply press ctrl+D for the same effect.
After that, nothing is holding onto deleted old libraries and /usr may be remounted read-only if you like.
Helge Hafting
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