Your answer doesn't really address the question. Jameskegel said that in any "ma...

fapjacks · on June 28, 2016

It's really quite simple: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/74172/28974

blakeyrat · on June 28, 2016

Right but that very answer says:

> Newly created processes will use the updated contents, running applications will access the old version.

In other words, currently running code is still running the known-buggy version, exactly what I said originally that kicked-off this whole discussion.

fapjacks · on June 29, 2016

No, what you said was: "until you reboot, your Linux box is still running the known-buggy code"

And then later in the same post (just so we're clear about what you said): "But unless you reboot after installing your Linux updates, your computer still has the bugs."

Linux does not require a reboot to update.