[cvsnt] Reboot required on upgrade???

[Tony Hoyle]

Jim Hyslop wrote:

> <soapbox>
> Reboots should only be required when adjusting things at the system
> level. CVS is *not* a system level application, it is a user-level
> application and should therefore never require rebooting the machine.
> </soapbox>
> 
CVSNT requires a system level hook into the OS to provide pserver 
functionality.  That rarely changes (hasn't in several months), but when 
it does it needs a reboot to actually update it.  It's the installer 
itself that makes the decision whether a reboot is required... I believe 
it just sometimes asks for a reboot simply because you've updated 
certain files rather than for any techincal reason.

Tony