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It's known that some Fedora packages can't be updated if the particular packaged software is running at the same time. If these packages are updated, this will cause hangup or crash in running process when files change on disk. | It's known that some Fedora packages can't be updated if the particular packaged software is running at the same time. If these packages are updated, this will cause unexpected behaviour, hangup or even crash in running process when files change on disk. There are package management tools that work in the same environment (desktop) which the updates may break, which is contradicting situation itself. Currently these tools and user interfaces don't communicate the possible symptoms to the user and leave a feeling of unpolished system. | ||
This can lead to indirect security issues if all updates are suspended for long period of time while trying to avoid harmful interrupts and some critical updates don't get installed soon enough. | This can lead to indirect security issues if all updates are suspended for long period of time while trying to avoid harmful interrupts and some critical updates don't get installed soon enough. | ||
Purpose of this page is to list those packages and collect detailed information about reasons that cause it and possibly suggest/refer | Purpose of this page is to list those packages and collect detailed information about symptoms and reasons that cause it and possibly suggest/refer solutions if possible. | ||
While reading this it should remembered that | While reading this it should remembered that continuing to work while files change on disk may not always possible depending on the nature of software. Thus items on the list shouldn't be seen as bad designs. | ||
Revision as of 15:04, 7 April 2013
It's known that some Fedora packages can't be updated if the particular packaged software is running at the same time. If these packages are updated, this will cause unexpected behaviour, hangup or even crash in running process when files change on disk. There are package management tools that work in the same environment (desktop) which the updates may break, which is contradicting situation itself. Currently these tools and user interfaces don't communicate the possible symptoms to the user and leave a feeling of unpolished system.
This can lead to indirect security issues if all updates are suspended for long period of time while trying to avoid harmful interrupts and some critical updates don't get installed soon enough.
Purpose of this page is to list those packages and collect detailed information about symptoms and reasons that cause it and possibly suggest/refer solutions if possible.
While reading this it should remembered that continuing to work while files change on disk may not always possible depending on the nature of software. Thus items on the list shouldn't be seen as bad designs.
| package | F | symptoms | cause | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | f18 | crash due to files being removed from the disk without firefox noticing. | Potentially due to the nature of xul engine | |
| kde | f18 | |||
| NetworkManager | f18 | temporarily deconfigures networking for some connection types | ||
| thunderbird | f18 | same as firefox |