On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 04:25:51PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 14 May 2008 15:20, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 09:56 -0400, Gene Poole wrote: > > > I started using yum to update my systems as-soon-as 'up2date' was no > > > longer supported. So, I have friends and people I work with asking me > > > for a 'rule of thumb', which I don't know. So, I'm asking the member of > > > this list: > > > > > > What is the 'rule of thumb' for re-booting after the completion of the > > > 'yum -y update' command? How do you know if you should re-boot - if > > > there is a kernel update? Should you reboot based upon what key > > > components have been updated? How do you know what's been updated if > > > you schedule it to run at 2 AM? Do you ever have to re-boot? > > > > > > I don't have a answer to these questions, do you? > > > > AFAIK there isn't a hard and fast rule. You need to look at what yum has > > updated. Thus if it changed the kernel or libc, you should reboot > > whenever convenient. If it changed an X driver or the X server, or the > > basic part of your desktop manager, you'll want to logout and in again, > > usually restarting X in the process. If it changed a running > > application, quit the app and restart it, etc. etc. > > > > I agree it would be nice for yum to tell you this explicitly. > > > If you install logwatch you will get a daily update of many activities, > including a section like this: > --------------------- yum Begin ------------------------ > > > Packages Installed: > kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 > mozilla-filesystem-1.9-2.fc9.i386 > initscripts-8.76-1.i386 > adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch > > Packages Updated: > upstart-0.3.9-19.fc9.i386 > libxslt-1.1.23-3.fc9.i386 > hal-libs-0.5.11-0.7.rc2.fc9.i386 > libdrm-2.4.0-0.11.fc9.i386 > libtdb-1.1.1-9.fc9.i386 > system-config-printer-0.7.82.2-4.fc9.i386 > 6:kdelibs-common-4.0.3-7.fc9.i386 > .... > xorg-x11-utils-7.3-3.fc9.i386 > kdebase-workspace-libs-4.0.3-20.fc9.i386 > mesa-libGL-7.1-0.29.fc9.i386 > nash-6.0.52-2.fc9.i386 > > Packages Erased: > event-compat-sysv > > ---------------------- yum End ------------------------- > ... and how does that help the OP decide what (s)he needs to restart after doing a yum update? -- Chris Green -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
