Date:  Sun, 28 May 2006 18:38:58 +0900
From:  Lew Mark-Andrews <lew.ml (at mark) imagearts-inc.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:05432] Re: Kernel update question
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Hi Taco, Adam

>> does a yum update ever automatically
>> reboot if required by the install?

>yum does (luckily) not reboot 'if required'
>kernels are not even not updated on centos 3 installs if I remember it
>right.
>The kernel rpms are excluded in the yum configuration. I don't think this is
>the case with Centos 4 anymore.

>No, yum will never automatically re-boot a box.  Yum just fetches and
>installs the packages.  It's up to the sysadmin to decide if a re-boot is
>needed.

Thanks much for this confirmation and heads-up.


Lew