Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: All TDF files "corrupt"

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 10:31 AM, J.B. Nicholson-Owens
<jbn@forestfield.org> wrote:
:
> On most OSes (including GNU/Linux) I doubt one can update (in other words,
> change) something as low-level as an operating system's kernel and continue
> to run the system normally. After the update and before the reboot, the new
> kernel is updated on the primary storage medium and the old kernel is still
> running in memory. I'd imagine that there are all sorts of kernel
> dependencies where the currently-running kernel and newly-installed kernel
> differ. Therefore you'll see lots of adverse effects for the currently
> running system which are resolved by getting everything rebased on the
> updated kernel. Hence kernel update packages are marked to require a reboot
> as soon as possible.

I've never seen that happen before, but it makes sense.

Now if I knew why the update got stuck running depmod for more than
ten minutes, I'd feel more comfortable.  Oh, well.

Thanks.

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