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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