[CentOS] when to reboot after updates

Thu Apr 9 11:49:30 UTC 2009
Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>

What is the rule of thumb for reboots after updates...

Certainly if I update from 5.2 to 5.3 I reboot.

But if you update something like krb5 or pam
does that require a reboot? Does the "fix" get automatically loaded and used
or do you just do a reboot always?

Thanks,

Jerry