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

Tue Jun 28 10:46:06 UTC 2011
Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>

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.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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