On 09/07/2017 09:32 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > See? "The safest possible way to update a Fedora system is to use the > ‘offline updates’ mechanism." > > That's why I started the thread. Again: I use dnf, not the GNOME update > mechanism, but from how I understand A. Williamsen, this might also > apply to package updates via dnf and the reboot following on that ... Yes, that is the "safest" path. The best thing to do after an update via dnf is to run "dnf needs-restarting". This will give you a list of processes that could potentially be impacted by the last update by, for example, some libraries being updated. Depending on what you find, you may just need to logout/login to restart the processes. Or, you may need to restart some daemon using "systemctl restart whatever". There is no definitive answer to the question. I've the habit of not rebooting or logging out. Most of the time to no ill effect. Other times, after a while, I may find some odd behaviors. So, I'll logout/login and if all is OK, continue. If the oddities continue, I'll reboot. I've never run into a situation where a corruption occurred causing a permanent damage to my system. -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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