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List:       fvwm
Subject:    FVWM: Installing fvwm transparently
From:       Dan Espen <dane () mk ! telcordia ! com>
Date:       2000-11-27 22:27:24
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Nils Lohner <lohner@ecf.teradyne.com> writes:
>   BTW, is there a way to install a new version 'transparently' i.e. without 
> asking all users to log out when replacing the binary?  If they don't log 
> out or restart immediately the WM crashes because the binary has changed...

I heard a rumor that you could just rename the executables instead
of replacing them.  This didn't seem to work for me on my NFS mounted
filesystem and Solaris machines.

Instead I configure fvwm to install in a directory containing the release
number, and use a shell named fvwm2 to put fvwm in my path and then
start up the "current" fvwm from the shell.

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