From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 20 01:13:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 343E01065692 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnodal@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09978FC15 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 5so1037501qwd.7 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:13:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=983l+rp/Wd/nn5DKFEIvL8WhZEBwiCMOfVSeZ5+c9Mo=; b=FY3F9ESIcF8AwIrXdZEKq4xYUCrS3Q+u4mb8LJzZPR2ct9x/KEMxT7l+XCIqz32wgz LxnUFFAtkAdwhpxFf82wRHNjHNJ5PcQGBaZF8h+Y5UoKNhmzFHF5Hh1YcjBZfHyOn4WF qM9ux6LKQmO7X2EH2jWa2xgIi9fc4Ok2bfE2g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=F5wkTkb+iaPdDBO9p0H7NniGVxHmwz1e7BSA36NaLWOs3wDcLYeGqI+V5qWnTyhqM8 4NeZnmq7rYXuhQoV4PRINagXl3PXVSAB0nfzuWhD11fdqqDPik3nNgxuHoPGK2MfBfxG Z4sjifEk3OSe6j5ru7sIFmzXNB5HuL2TXc+O4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.86.130 with SMTP id s2mr5817056qal.85.1263950033075; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:13:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Roger Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:13:33 -0500 Message-ID: <9d972bed1001191713o395562a7i19274c67c247d1fb@mail.gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Restarting after Make Install.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:13:54 -0000 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Diego Montalvo wrote= : > Been using FreeBSD for a long time now, but have never really been > sure if FreeBSD needs to be restarted after installing a Port or Ports > using "make install clean"? =A0What is the best practice... Used to > restarting Windows for everything... > > Diego I'm not a FreeBSD expert so I cannot speak about what is considered "best pratices" but I never restart my server after doing a port install/reinstall/upgrade/removal. I guess the only time you will need to do that is when your port may be a kernel module that cannot be unloaded/reloaded without causing major problems. -r