-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/20/07 15:13, 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?
Excellent policy question. Obviously you need to reboot when upgrading the kernel. :) You should restart the GUI system whenever you upgrade any of the GUI subsystem. (This does *not* include client apps like Evolution, Iceweasel, etc, etc.) apt/aptitude will auto-restart most daemons as they are upgraded. When upgrading libc6, it's easiest to "refresh" everything by rebooting. However, I recently discovered the debian-goodies package, which has the *incredibly* useful app "checkrestart". Run it after you upgrade (and restart X) to see what is still using old file versions. Using kill or a slightly off-named script in /etc/init.d, you should be able make all running daemons "find" new library files. This should really boost your system uptime scores! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF22fQS9HxQb37XmcRAkxAAKC7D1rKZSLBg9izLzppZeJVW42ooQCeIgUV qiPyVyoJ6PrQ6PX0CKHoPek= =TD6E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
