"In order to complete the update your computer needs to be restarted."

[Derek Broughton]

Michel D'HOOGE wrote:

> On Sunday 07 October 2007 20:05:11 Andrew Jarrett wrote:
>> If it was indeed a kernel update, then wouldn't you expect to restart
>> the computer?
> Yes, a kernel update needs the computer to be restarted. But most of the
> time, since you're working, you delay it up to the next reboot.
> 
> The real problem occurs when you have a laptop and you hibernate. On next
> boot, the kernel binary that starts isn't the one that did the hibernate.

That's not strictly true.  If you're not paying attention, the next binary
that starts isn't the one that hibernated.  If you _are_, you make sure you
reboot with the old kernel, since both are still present, and grub has been
modified to be able to boot both.

What I do if I got a kernel along with an upgrade, and I'm not ready to
reboot, is hibernate, _immediately_ restart and select the correct kernel
while I still remember, then on next hibernate it will start with the
correct one.
-- 
derek