Effects of RedHat up2date (generic)

[Kevin Brown]

George Toft wrote:
> I have a RH box and run up2date via cron.  Recently it told me:
> 	glibc-2.2.4-31.i386.rpm:     Retrieved.
> 	glibc-common-2.2.4-31.i386.  Retrieved.
> 	Preparing...                 
> 	Installing /var/spool/up2date/glibc-common-2.2.4-31.i386.rpm...
> 
> 	Installing /var/spool/up2date/glibc-2.2.4-31.i386.rpm...
> 
> The question is: after updating libraries, do I have to reboot to reload
> them?  It seems to me, if I have some binary in memory that uses some
> library, which is also in memory, that I would have to restart every
> binary running, or simply reboot, for the newer version on disk to take
> effect.

The only updates you should have to reboot to use are the kernel updates.  All 
the others can be used without a reboot.