Upgraded packages that require a restart

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On 08/10/10 20:38, Ric Moore wrote:
>
> I ~dimly~ recall, way back in the day, just using init 1 to go to
> runlevel 1 and, with some command-line incantation, soft boot the new
> kernel, while not reseting uptime to zero. It used to be a big deal,
> never reboot! People would have their computer running steadily for
> months, if not a year. What happened? Did we ~evolve~ to Win95?
> <chuckles>  Ric
>

Never used it but... is it Ksplice perhaps?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ksplice-automates-hot-patching-linux-kernel-with-no-reboot-needed/2333