At Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:49:24 -0800 (PST) CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > R-Elists wrote: > > > > i forgot... > > > > is it necessary to reboot after glibc* yum updates on 4.x and 5.x or any > > centos for that matter... > > Should not be, but as with all library updates applications that > are running when the update is applied won't get the update until > they are restarted. Often times the updates are so minor that > restarts are not critical. > > Often times rebooting is the easiest method for the update to > fully take effect or you can manually restart stuff. > > I'm not sure if RPM automatically restarts services when system > libraries change(I haven't seen it do this myself). In Debian by > contrast for example when you update glibc, it will scan for > running services that use it and will prompt you to restart them > as part of the upgrade process. Updating glibc always seems to restart sshd (one gets a message about this during the update phase). The only thing that *requires* a reboot is a kernel update. Everything else would just need a process restart. > > nate > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/