Re: yum update

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On Wednesday 14 May 2008 16:57:58 Chris G wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 04:25:51PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 May 2008 15:20, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 09:56 -0400, Gene Poole wrote:
> > > > I started using yum to update my systems as-soon-as 'up2date' was no
> > > > longer supported.  So, I have friends and people I work with asking
> > > > me for a 'rule of thumb', which I don't know.  So, I'm asking the
> > > > member of this list:
> > > >
> > > >    What is the 'rule of thumb' for re-booting after the completion of
> > > > the 'yum -y update' command? How do you know if you should re-boot -
> > > > if there is a kernel update? Should you reboot based upon what key
> > > > components have been updated?  How do you know what's been updated if
> > > > you schedule it to run at 2 AM?  Do you ever have to re-boot?
> > > >
> > > > I don't have a answer to these questions, do you?
> > >
> > > AFAIK there isn't a hard and fast rule. You need to look at what yum
> > > has updated. Thus if it changed the kernel or libc, you should reboot
> > > whenever convenient. If it changed an X driver or the X server, or the
> > > basic part of your desktop manager, you'll want to logout and in again,
> > > usually restarting X in the process. If it changed a running
> > > application, quit the app and restart it, etc. etc.
> > >
> > > I agree it would be nice for yum to tell you this explicitly.
> >
> > If you install logwatch you will get a daily update of many activities,
> > including a section like this:
> >  --------------------- yum Begin ------------------------
> >
> >
> >  Packages Installed:
> >     kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686
> >     mozilla-filesystem-1.9-2.fc9.i386
> >     initscripts-8.76-1.i386
> >     adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch
> >
> >  Packages Updated:
> >     upstart-0.3.9-19.fc9.i386
> >     libxslt-1.1.23-3.fc9.i386
> >     hal-libs-0.5.11-0.7.rc2.fc9.i386
> >     libdrm-2.4.0-0.11.fc9.i386
> >     libtdb-1.1.1-9.fc9.i386
> >     system-config-printer-0.7.82.2-4.fc9.i386
> >     6:kdelibs-common-4.0.3-7.fc9.i386
> >     ....
> >     xorg-x11-utils-7.3-3.fc9.i386
> >     kdebase-workspace-libs-4.0.3-20.fc9.i386
> >     mesa-libGL-7.1-0.29.fc9.i386
> >     nash-6.0.52-2.fc9.i386
> >
> >  Packages Erased:
> >     event-compat-sysv
> >
> >  ---------------------- yum End -------------------------
>
> ... and how does that help the OP decide what (s)he needs to restart
> after doing a yum update?
>
> --
> Chris Green

The OP wondered how he would know what had been installed overnight.  This 
would at least allow him to browse the list of packages in order to make a 
decision.

Anne

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