A reboot should be only necessary when kernel has been upgraded. or you
go with ksplice (www.ksplice.com)
cheers
juergen
Am 28.06.11 11:11, schrieb Alexander Farber:
> Hello,
>
> I always wanted to ask: do you need to reboot after
> updating packages like kernel, glibc, postgresql?
>
> Or do you need to restart the postgresql service
> after updating it with yum?
>
> Regards
> Alex
>
> # sudo yum update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated
> ---> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated
> ---> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated
> ---> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated
> ---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated
> ---> Package krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 set to be updated
> ---> Package krb5-libs.x86_64 0:1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 set to be updated
> ---> Package krb5-workstation.x86_64 0:1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 set to be updated
> ---> Package nscd.x86_64 0:2.5-58.el5_6.4 set to be updated
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ================================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> ================================================================================
> Updating:
> glibc i686 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 5.3 M
> glibc x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 4.8 M
> glibc-common x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 16 M
> glibc-devel x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 2.4 M
> glibc-headers x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 594 k
> krb5-libs i386 1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 updates 667 k
> krb5-libs x86_64 1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 updates 679 k
> krb5-workstation x86_64 1.6.1-55.el5_6.2 updates 914 k
> nscd x86_64 2.5-58.el5_6.4 updates 167 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ================================================================================
> Install 0 Package(s)
> Upgrade 9 Package(s)
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