Well, there is ksplice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice Oracle owns it. On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > hmmmm.... bummer. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:13 AM, James Mcphee wrote: > >> You really don't. There's been some work to dynamically reload, but I >> haven't seen anything terribly successful. >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> How do you restart the kernel without rebooting? You know, to implement >>> a new version of the kernel? >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:16 PM, sean wrote: >>> >>>> For libraries, you can restart any processes that have loaded the old >>>> libraries into memory. Generally you can use lsof to identify these >>>> processes. >>>> >>>> Rebooting will of course force all services to restart, thus making >>>> the updates "take effect". That's probably why he said that. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Stephen Partington < >>>> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > Depends on the update. Mainly kernel changes. >>>> > >>>> > On Feb 8, 2015 6:51 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> I got some guy saying you need to reboot Linux for updates to take >>>> effect. >>>> >> I tell him no then he changes his stance, you need to reboot for >>>> kernel and >>>> >> system library updates. I agree with the kernel upgrade but what >>>> about >>>> >> system libraries???? >>>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > --------------------------------------------------- >>>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmcphe@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com