At Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:15:38 +0800 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I'm curious. If I do yum update (which include kernel update) but don't reboot.
> Is it OK? I mean apart of the kernel, other things like services, we
> don't have to reboot if we don't have the chance to do it (postponing
> to some other date), right?
Yes, you only *need* to reboot to pick up a new kernel. Unlike
MS-Windows, none of the other updates *require* a reboot. Note: if
glibc (or other widely used shared libraries) is updated it (they)
won't get picked up unless *ALL* of the processes that use it (them)
are restarted.
>
> Thank you.
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