Re: reboot after yum?

Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc Todd and Margo Chester <ToddMargoChester@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
Hi All,

I just did a massive YUM update of CentOS 4.3 (same as Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, only cheaper) to the tune of 497 Meg..

Question: is YUM smart enough to up and down services after it
updates them, or do I need to reboot?

Yum doesn't need to care about it, rpm runs the scripts contained
in the rpm packages which usually restart services. However, if
the update contained a kernel you need to reboot anyway to get it
running. Look in /var/log/yum.log if unsure.

Yum just automates updates and clears up dependencies, besides
being able to do installs/removes and fancy stuff like group
installs. It's is a great tool, but not your package manager, try
'man rpm', especially the "query-options" should be interesting
for you.

Good luck


Thank you. Now I understand. Its whatever is in the rpm.
A reboot would probably be good, especially when certain software
like to remove their start points from /etc/rc.d/rc3.d (samba).
That way I can fix any start points. (And, I won't get THAT call
after a power outage!)

-T
.

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