On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 20:43 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > 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??
Other than reboots forced by power outages or changing hardware, IIRC you need to reboot 1) when you install a new kernel, 2) when you install a new version of glibc, and 3) if you turn SElinux off or on. Practically everything else can be managed without rebooting, though for many people (especially desktop users) it's easier just to do it rather than work out if it's required. Note that updating Gnome or KDE does *not* require a reboot. Just log out and in again. The same goes for X itself. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
