Re: Force "after boot" updates to happen without a reboot?

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:44:12 -0000, Geoff Lane <zzassgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Such patches either risk system stability or result in a driver reload - not
things that you normally want to do on a running system. If you are happy
to risk the system crashing or behaving abnormally, you can install the
patch by hand. The downloaded patches can be found in /var/sadm/spool.
Each patch is a ".jar" file. I'll assume that the patch number is 123456-78

# cd /var/sadm/spool
# unzip -q 123456-78.jar
# read the README file in the 123456-78 directory
# patchadd 123456-78

You still should schedule a reboot to complete the process.

There is no reason why you have to install the patch immediately (unless
it's fixing a problem you currently have.) Other patches which are not
dependent on it will still apply. So why not just let the system queue it
until you do reboot?

Thanks. I'll do that.

It's an important security patch to a daemon. No drivers. No kernel
patches. I am, frankly, baffled that Sun thought that it needed a reboot.
Do they think that we don't know how to restart daemons? I mean, sure,
they can *recommend* a reboot to make sure all the i's are dotted the
t's are crossed, but to *require* a reboot is insane.

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