From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Thu Jan 23 20:41:17 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD0B1FD3B0; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlavilla@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 483Z1T0xkMz459v; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlavilla@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BA9D1C693; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlavilla@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 00NKfGsk022964; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:16 GMT (envelope-from carlavilla@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from carlavilla@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 00NKfGcS022963; Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:16 GMT (envelope-from carlavilla@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <202001232041.00NKfGcS022963@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: carlavilla set sender to carlavilla@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:16 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r53811 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: carlavilla X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 53811 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:41:17 -0000 Author: carlavilla Date: Thu Jan 23 20:41:16 2020 New Revision: 53811 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53811 Log: Clarify when the user needs to reboot the system in the update section of the handbook PR: 195218 Submitted by: freebsd@simweb.ch Patch by: carlavilla@ Approved by: bcr@(mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23263 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Thu Jan 23 20:04:17 2020 (r53810) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Thu Jan 23 20:41:16 2020 (r53811) @@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ MergeChanges /etc/ /var/named/etc/ /boot/device.hints< applications should be restarted so that the patched version of the binary is used. + + Usually, the user needs to be prepared to reboot the + system. To know if a reboot is required by a kernel update, + execute the commands freebsd-version -k + and uname -r and if it differs a reboot + is required. + + The system can be configured to automatically check for updates once every day by adding this entry to /etc/crontab: