Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:37:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:37:03 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:18430 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:37:00 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 02:37:31 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: bert hubert , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Nasty suprise with uptime Message-ID: <20011030023731.A21884@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <3BDDBE89.397E42C0@lexus.com> <20011030104751.A11623@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011030104751.A11623@outpost.ds9a.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 10:47:51AM +0100, bert hubert wrote: > 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? > Very, very true. This has happened to me a couple times with only a couple months uptime... :( My configs have since stabalized so that hasn't been a problem for me recently... Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/