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by rbanffy 5810 days ago
That's not the point. On any decent Unix, you can overwrite any shared library that's being used and just reload the program. It's not about log files, but not having to bring down the machine in order to write an important file. That's why windows updates take eons: after the boot there are tons of files that have to be moved or renamed before the system can boot completely.

It's insane.