[comp.software-eng] Shared libraries

daveb@geac.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) (03/10/88)

In article <667@kajak.cs.vu.nl> jos@cs.vu.nl (Jos Warmer) writes:
>    Replacing shared libraries with new versions could make
>    lots of working programs crash.  Because those libraries are
>    instantaneously used in almost ALL running programs, one
>    error in such a library can be fatal for the complete system.

   I remember being told how to do shared library installations to avoid
this problem, but I forget how it worked.
   Can some Multician on the net comment?

--dave
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