On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:13:33 -0500 Roger Roger <[email protected]> articulated:
> I'm not a FreeBSD expert so I cannot speak about what is considered > "best pratices" but I never restart my server after doing a port > install/reinstall/upgrade/removal. I guess the only time you will need > to do that is when your port may be a kernel module that cannot be > unloaded/reloaded without causing major problems. I only do a ports update when there are a significance number of programs that I have installed that have updates available. If the major players like OpenLDAP, MySQL, Postfix, Apache, etc are all to be updated at one time, I usually choose to reboot after the process has completed. It is not that I feel it is absolutely necessary; but rather that I want to insure that they will in fact all start up correctly, and in some cases, like Postfix, in the correct order. I have on rare occasions found discrepancies on how the system starts and performs after a major update. At worst, you lose only a minute or so of up time, assuming your machine is not a mission critical one. At best, you might discover a problem that might have gone unknown for an extended period of time. I think that the old English saying: "six of one, a half dozen of the other" is appropriate to the situation. Just my 2ยข. -- Jerry [email protected] |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
