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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, rehan khan wrote:

> Actually a number of the updated packages *could* be the cause of this
> issue. The package that I would look at closest is the bash upgrade as
> runit scripts depend on the built-in exec command properly replacing the
> shell with the same process id.

That's a function of the exec* system calls, and doesn't need anything 
special in bash.

> I don't think the kernel is implicated if you haven't restarted the 
> machine.

I think it would be imprudent to make that assumption.