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From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Nasty suprise with uptime
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:47:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011030104751.A11623@outpost.ds9a.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E15yJD1-0003uO-00@the-village.bc.nu> <3BDDBE89.397E42C0@lexus.com>
In-Reply-To: <3BDDBE89.397E42C0@lexus.com>; from jjs@lexus.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:39:37PM -0800

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:39:37PM -0800, J Sloan wrote:

> So, is there an implicit Linux policy to upgrade
> the distro, or at least the kernel, every 496 days
> whether it needs it or not?

Having huge uptimes is by the way not adviseable operational policy
according to many. Chances are you will be in for a nasty surprise when you
reboot - do you remember after a year which daemons you 'started by hand'
and how?

Regards,

bert

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-30  9:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-29 20:31 Nasty suprise with uptime J Sloan
2001-10-29 20:40 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-29 20:39   ` J Sloan
2001-10-29 20:47     ` Matthew Dharm
2001-10-29 20:52       ` J Sloan
2001-11-09  0:45         ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-10-29 21:26       ` David Relson
2001-10-29 23:29         ` Jonathan Briggs
2001-10-30  8:53           ` george anzinger
2001-10-30 13:50             ` Tim Walberg
2001-10-30 14:47               ` GOMBAS Gabor
2001-10-30 15:39                 ` Tim Walberg
2001-10-30 16:18                   ` GOMBAS Gabor
2001-10-30 22:53             ` Mike Castle
2001-10-30  8:20     ` george anzinger
2001-10-30  9:47     ` bert hubert [this message]
2001-10-30 10:37       ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-30 15:56       ` Chris Meadors
2001-10-30 16:22         ` Laurent de Segur
2001-10-30 21:53       ` [OT] " J Sloan
2001-10-30 22:52     ` Jan Dvorak
2001-10-30 23:25       ` [OT] " J Sloan
2001-10-30  7:46   ` Neale Banks
2001-10-30  7:46     ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-30  8:15       ` Ville Herva
2001-10-30  8:22         ` Ville Herva
2001-10-30  8:36         ` J. Dow
2001-10-30  9:33       ` Alan Cox
2001-10-30 16:25     ` Matt Bernstein
2001-10-30 19:43       ` Oden Eriksson
2001-10-29 23:10 ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-29 23:20   ` J Sloan
2001-10-29 23:28     ` Mike Fedyk
2001-10-30  8:21     ` Ville Herva
2001-10-31 22:36       ` J Sloan
2001-11-01  0:49         ` Gerhard Mack
2001-10-30  8:49     ` george anzinger
2001-10-30 18:17       ` J Sloan
2001-10-30  9:06     ` Alan Cox
2001-10-30 19:19       ` J Sloan
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-30 16:35 Jesse Pollard

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