Re: Nasty suprise with uptime

bert hubert (ahu@ds9a.nl)
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:47:51 +0100


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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