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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:11:11 +0100
From:      Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>
Subject:   Re: possibly silly question regarding freebsd-update
Message-ID:  <4f64ab9d-e0a8-5a0d-241e-82c75540d4e6@qeng-ho.org>
In-Reply-To: <20190814145940.GE73009@bastion.zyxst.net>
References:  <20190814145940.GE73009@bastion.zyxst.net>

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On 14/08/2019 15:59, tech-lists wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've used freebsd for a long while but freebsd-update only relatively
> recently. I have always rebooted the server after freebsd-update install.
> 
> I was wondering - is rebooting a requirement?

If you've done a freebsd-update upgrade -r <version> you need to reboot
after the install and usually do another freebsd-update install to clean
out old stuff. If you've simply updated because of a security
announcement the announcement will say whether you need to reboot or
just restart affected software, but it can be easier to reboot rather
than restart a bunch of stuff.

-- 
What do we want?
A time machine!
When do we want it?
Errm ...



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