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[Jimmy O'Regan]

Mike Orr wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 09:20:56PM +0100, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> 
>>No, it should never be necessary to reboot to upgrade anything. Sure, if 
>>you've upgraded the kernel, it's necessary to reboot to *use* it, but 
>>installing software should not require a reboot. (That is, unless you're 
>>changing distributions).
> 
> 
> But if you're tracking a development distribution like Debian Unstable,
> it's still wise to reboot after upgrading essential shared libraries
> (libc, X, etc).  Occasionally the library interface changes and it
> breaks dependant packages until they get rewritten to accommodate it.
I can't relate to that, because the last time I had Debian installed it 
followed the proper procedure and left existing libraries (at least, 
those with different major versions) installed. I can imagine what a 
pain it'd be though.