From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 20 02:34:17 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 B2211106566C for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:34:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A99A8FC14 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:34:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0K2YGDU081436; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o0K2YGBL081433; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:16 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Diego Montalvo In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:16 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 02:34:17 -0000 On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, 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"? What is the best practice... Used to > restarting Windows for everything... No, restarting the computer is very rarely necessary. There are some less involved steps that might be needed, like setting flags in /etc/rc.conf to enable new ports. Some ports have services that need to be started, and csh/tcsh users may need to use the rehash command before using new ports. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA