On Monday 06 Sep 2010, Simon O'Riordan wrote:
> don't quote me on this, but from observation, upgrades of things like
> Linux Images always require a reboot.
That's as I understand it, but there is apparently a company out there
somewhere that can patch a running kernel for Enterprise customers. I'm not
really taling about this.
> Also Firefox upgrades require a restart of Firefox.
> My guess is that Linux writes the new software to a temporary location
> and a script inserts it at reboot, OR
> Linux runs old versions in dynamic memory after the new ones are written
> to destination, then when restart does occur, the new ones are loaded
> from the locations.
> OR-I could be totally wrong. I'd also like to know how it's done.
Yes, I'd like some kind of a reference for my colleague if possible.
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