Hi Todd; On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 15:28 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > Just checking to see if others feel the same. I emphasize this is > > not a blocker to use. > > > > Could yum packages be set up to leave a message in the notification > > area or on the desk top when something has been downloaded and/or > > upgraded that requires a re-boot or a re-login. I recently received > > a new kernel and a new Evolution library upgrade. Both required a > > re-boot. > > Really, an Evolution library required a reboot? That sounds icky. No. I was trying to make a longish story short. What happened if you are interested; I downloaded a bunch of upgrades using yum. I wasn't watching closely but there was something to do with Evolution included -- perhaps evolution-data-server, perhaps something else. In any case, Evolution stopped delivering my mail. I booted into WindowsXP (see side bar note in previous post) then back into Fedora. Voilà -- everything was working. > > > I have gotten into the habit of re-booting automatically with an new > > kernel -- but someone new to Linux might not be used to that. > > I would think new users should stick with the graphical package update > tools, which do signal these things. If a user is comfortable using > the command line tools, they should generally be able to judge when a > reboot is required. If anything, I would think a "reboot suggested" > message should be in the yum output, where the user is already > looking, rather than displayed graphically. :) I saw, incorrectly I guess, PackageKit as some new download system with some pretty front ends. I elected to continue to use yum as tried and true. > > > More importantly to me, is being able to depend on the fact that if > > no re-boot is signalled, then no re-boot for some new or upgraded > > program is required. It just eliminates some FUD when trouble > > shooting. > > I wouldn't say it's guaranteed, since it's up to the maintainer to > check a box when submitting the update. That could get missed and > something that really should get a reboot might not get marked as > such. > Well, nothing in life is absolutely guaranteed -- but I think the argument stands. I haven't seen a re-boot warning yet even for the latest kernel ( 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64) which was downloaded using the PackageKit icon in my notification area. Does that mean I didn't have to re-boot ??? -- Regards Bill Fedora 10, Gnome 2.24.3 Evo.2.24.5, Emacs 22.3.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
