Subject: Re: How to upgrade to 1.5.2
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Donald Lee <donlee_ppc@icompute.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/10/2001 11:53:03
>> I've one this on several on my machine, but I rebooted 2 times:
>> - install new kernel, reboot
>> - unpack binary sets, reboot.
>
>While I should confess to doing this myself, I would note that there is
>  a theoretical race condition.  You need /usr/lib unpacked before any
>binaries so that newly versioned shared libraries are ready and waiting
>for any new executables.
>
>Andrew

I can see the race if you unpack the binaries and continue, but
doesn't a reboot after the unpack make this at least a short-term
problem?

-dgl-