On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 15:06, Bryan Murdock wrote: > What is all this talk about kernel updates? Am I missing something? I > run Mandrake's software updater regularly and I'm not seeing any kernel > updates ever. Is Mandrake behind the game here?
Kernel upgrades are never and should never be done automatically because they require a reboot. They are most likely in the "ignore" section of urpmi. When kernel upgrades come out, I usually install them eventually, but if there's no pressing reason (no security flaws), I prefer to just keep my servers running. I feel that it's pretty safe to upgrade kernels in RedHat anyway, because they have done a lot of QA. Check the change logs to see just what the upgrade is all about and if it's worth your uptime. Michael > > Bryan > > On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 17:37, Andrew Hunter wrote: > > Hi to all. You will note that in my subject, I did not say kernel > > "upgrades", but rather "updates". Maybe I'm just dumb, but it seems > > that sometimes an update results in less stability and degraded > > performance. So, what guidelines do y'all typically follow in decided > > whether to use a new kernel? Is it, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" > > or "must have latest and greatest" or what? What are the best practices > > in this respect? Many thanks-- > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > newbies mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
