[ubuntu-uk] Reboot after libc6 upgrade?

[Scott James Remnant]

On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 09:41 +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Tony Arnold wrote:
> > Should I reboot my system after applying an upgrade to libc6?
> > I imagine that every process on the system is probably using this
> 
> Ah yes, but the same can be achieved by restarting every process on the
> system, but without actually rebooting. :)
> 
> Scott;  say, can 'upstart' (init) re-exec() itself and pass on state to pick
> up a new libc?
> 
Yes, send upstart the TERM signal and it will re-exec itself with the
new libc.  Though you'd still have to stop and start every other service
on the system.

At that point, it's actually probably quicker to reboot.

Scott
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