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Date:      Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:39:25 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Mike Brown <mike@skew.org>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix
Message-ID:  <201109302239.p8UMdPQB019930@chilled.skew.org>
In-Reply-To: <201109280906.p8S962AK098648@freefall.freebsd.org>

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FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
> FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix                                       Security Advisory
> [...] 
> 2) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:
> [...] 
> c) Recompile your kernel as described in
> <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html>; and reboot the
> system.
> 
> 3) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
> 
> Systems running 7.4-RELEASE, 7.3-RELEASE, 8.2-RELEASE, or 8.1-RELEASE on
> the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8)
> utility:
> 
> # freebsd-update fetch
> # freebsd-update install

Quick question: after running freebsd-update install, do I reboot for this 
one, or not?



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