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Subject: Re: Security Patches using freebsd-update(8)
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Op maandag 07 mei 2007, schreef Guido Demmenie:
> I'm really glad the FreeBSD team brought freebsd-update(8) in the
> base system. Now I can do my security patches with much less hassle.
> But i have one question about this great tool.
>
> When do I have to reboot?
>
> I know that most of the time you just restart a daemon and your
> finished. But with the security patches I'm not sure when it is a
> kernel module or just a daemon that I updated, so even if it is a
> daemon I don't know which one to restart.
>
> I cannot find any information on the web about this. So can anyone
> tell me how I can figure out if I have to reboot my machine.

Bumping... since I'm interested in the answer as well. On Google there's 
almost no additional info about freebsd-update, only the 'official' page 
describing what the tool is.

Kind regards,

-- 
Bram Schoenmakers

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