On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, John R. Dennison wrote: > To: centos@centos.org > From: John R. Dennison <j...@gerdesas.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Is reboot needed after updating kernel, glibc, database? > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:16:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >> A reboot should be only necessary when kernel has been upgraded. or you >> go with ksplice (www.ksplice.com) > > Please do not top-post. > > A reboot is also required in the cases of a glibc update unless you take > the time to restart all services that are running and logout and then > log back in to interactive shell sessions.
I've also noticed that Firefox will not operate correctly after some updates, and a reboot seems to fix this. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
