ksplice?

[NoOp]

On 09/07/2010 10:00 AM, stan wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:31:02AM -0700, NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/07/2010 07:43 AM, stan wrote:
>> > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 10:35:46AM -0400, stan wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 12:55:04PM +0000, user1 wrote:
>> >> > > re there any plans to implement ksplice on Ubuntu? I have about 6
>> >> > 
>> >> > ksplice is included in both ubunty jaunty and lucid - just install it 
>> >> > using e.g. synaptic
>> >> > 
>> >> 
>> >> OK, so are the updates being offered in a format that will take advantage
>> >> of this?
>> >> 
>> > 
>> > Looks like it's not. I installed it, did an apget update, and an apt-get
>> > upgrade, which tells me the following needs to be installed
>> > 
>> > linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic
>> > 
>> > Oh well.
>> > 
>> 
>> Perhaps this will help:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ksplice
> 
> Thanks, that did help.
> 
> However I am still confused by the interatcions between uptrack, and the
> "conventional" updating of the kernel via, say, apt-get. Should I run
> uptrack before, or after doing an apt-get upgrade? As I understand it
> apt-get upgrade downlaods the complete compiled new kernel, and then builds
> an initrd image. Then this flags the computer as needing a reboot, which is
> displayed when I log into thta computer, right? Will it still think I need
> to reboot if uptrack has done it's job?
> 

Well... I reckon I could look all that up... or you could via the links
at the bottom of the wiki page :-)