Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:55:55 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possibly silly question regarding freebsd-update Message-ID: <20190814185555.d3c531487f3c3b41a9b817b5@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20190814165909.GA49486@neutralgood.org> References: <20190814145940.GE73009@bastion.zyxst.net> <20190814165909.GA49486@neutralgood.org>
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On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:59:09 -0400 "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 03:59:40PM +0100, 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? > > You can't have a userland newer than the kernel or things will tend to > fall over. So the kernel is installed first, reboot, and then userland is > updated. Yes for an upgrade to a newer release but not for an update to the latest patch level, there old kernel should support the userland just fine (modulo bugs) and so a reboot is only needed if there is a new kernel. > So, yes, I'd go ahead and reboot after finishing the install. And there's > nothing freebsd-update specific about that advice. That is indeed the simplest and safest way to ensure that everything that needs to be restarted is, but not the only way. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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