On Sun 19 May 2013 at 18:11:56 +0300, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
> In release notes it says: > > "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. Use of > the GNOME application update-manager is strongly discouraged for upgrades to > new releases, as this tool relies on the desktop session remaining active. "| > > So i wonder why can ubuntu dist upgrade dist from within an X session? One imagines killing X during an upgrade is avoided by not restarting gdm (for example). Looking at the postinst, postrm and prerm files and what is run in debian/rules is very likely to reduce your wondering. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130519172407.GB23758@desktop
