A reboot should be only necessary when kernel has been upgraded. or you go with ksplice (www.ksplice.com) cheers juergen Am 28.06.11 11:11, schrieb Alexander Farber: > Hello, > > I always wanted to ask: do you need to reboot after > updating packages like kernel, glibc, postgresql? > > Or do you need to restart the postgresql service > after updating it with yum? > > Regards > Alex > > # sudo yum update > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > Setting up Update Process > Resolving Dependencies > --> Running transaction check > ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated > ---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated > ---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated > ---> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated > ---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated > ---> Package krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 set to be updated > ---> Package krb5-libs.x86_64 0:1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 set to be updated > ---> Package krb5-workstation.x86_64 0:1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 set to be updated > ---> Package nscd.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > > Dependencies Resolved > > ================================================================================ > Package Arch Version Repository Size > ================================================================================ > Updating: > glibc i686 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 5.3 M > glibc x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 4.8 M > glibc-common x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 16 M > glibc-devel x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 2.4 M > glibc-headers x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 594 k > krb5-libs i386 1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 updates 667 k > krb5-libs x86_64 1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 updates 679 k > krb5-workstation x86_64 1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 updates 914 k > nscd x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 167 k > > Transaction Summary > ================================================================================ > Install 0 Package(s) > Upgrade 9 Package(s) > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >