On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:04:16 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
[....]
> So sure, you don't /have/ to reboot, but you're not going to get the
> benefit (or the protection) of the newly installed updates until you do.
> Thinking otherwise is incorrect. You might have thought that Linux is
> magic and can update shared libraries behind the scenes and programs
> automatically switch to the new installed instance, but it can't, sorry.
IOW, all those people with little auto-updaters in their .sigs
saying how long they've been running are asking for trouble??
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Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.
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