[CentOS] Is reboot needed after updating kernel, glibc, database?

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:46:06 +0100 (BST) CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, John R. Dennison wrote:
> 
> > To: centos at centos.org
> > From: John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Is reboot needed after updating kernel, glibc, database?
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:16:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote:
> >> A reboot should be only necessary when kernel has been upgraded. or you
> >> go with ksplice (www.ksplice.com)
> >
> > Please do not top-post.
> >
> > A reboot is also required in the cases of a glibc update unless you take
> > the time to restart all services that are running and logout and then
> > log back in to interactive shell sessions.
> 
> I've also noticed that Firefox will not operate correctly 
> after some updates, and a reboot seems to fix this.

Strange.  Never needed to do that.  Of course, I *exit* from FF *before*
doing a yum update when I know a new FF is in the pipeline.

> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Keith Roberts
> 
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