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Story: No reboot patching comes to Linux 4.0Total Replies: 2
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skelband

Mar 05, 2015
12:55 PM EST 		That's one of the coolest things I've seen in IT for a long time.
750

Mar 05, 2015
2:59 PM EST 		Only to have to reboot to patch your init because of a vulnerability in its networking service.

Yeah, sure, it can "reboot" in place. But if something balks during that process you end up with a full reboot anyways because the kernel will panic if the init keels over...
JaseP

Mar 05, 2015
3:55 PM EST 		Not to mention that some services just won't be able to be stopped/restarted... I like it,... but it won't be perfect.

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