-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/20/07 15:29, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:13:32PM +0000, andy wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Potentially a dumb query but I just don't know, and there doesn't seem >> to be any documented discussion I can read, so pls humor me on this: >> >> after Etch has done its daily update via update mngr, is it generally >> considered a wise thing to reboot the computer to check the take or can >> one have a reasonably good degree of confidence that as far as is >> reasonable to predict, all will be well? > > depends on what gets upgraded (you *do* review the upgrades, > right?). If you've got some new core thing (kernel, xorg, udev, etc.)
xorg is only core to people who still (*even* if they don't realize it) think that Real Operating Systems are designed the same way that MS Windows is designed. Your penance is to make a pilgrimage to Portland and walk up Linus' driveway on your knees, while reading the Green Dragon Book. > then I'd make sure to review the changelogs to see what's up. For > example, recent xorg updates have been translations -- no biggie. But > if it was something core to the functioning of xorg, a reboot (or > restart of X) might be in order. Likewise with a kernel update. Sure you've got to restart X. But that's beyond trivial if you log in via the console. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF29UMS9HxQb37XmcRAhqsAKDBu/15hHdWhr7uzhD+Wa0CvM0hRQCeL8Ha AKgfb0jSVMmnDg3pw5jNUBA= =oPe+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
