On 12/14/2015 05:46 PM, Wes James wrote:> >> On Dec 14, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: >> >> See this announce mail here: >> >> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-December/021518.html > > <snip> > > I just updated to 7.2 from 7.1. I did lsb_release -a and it says 7.2.1511. I haven?t rebooted yet, which items would run with new binaries, anything that isn?t running yet? Ssay I had apache running, it wouldn?t pick up new apache until a reboot, right?I have no idea, but there are security kernel updates: https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-November/002347.html https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-December/002732.html And those will not be active without a reboot. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20151214/da66265e/attachment-0001.sig>
> On Dec 14, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > > On 12/14/2015 05:46 PM, Wes James wrote: >> >>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: >>> >>> See this announce mail here: >>> >>> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-December/021518.html >> >> <snip> >> >> I just updated to 7.2 from 7.1. I did lsb_release -a and it says 7.2.1511. I haven?t rebooted yet, which items would run with new binaries, anything that isn?t running yet? Ssay I had apache running, it wouldn?t pick up new apache until a reboot, right? > > I have no idea, but there are security kernel updates: > > https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-November/002347.html <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-November/002347.html> > > https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-December/002732.html <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-December/002732.html> > > And those will not be active without a reboot.Thanks to you and John R Pierce for your replies. -wes
> Date: Monday, December 14, 2015 20:38:23 -0700 > From: Wes James <comptekki at me.com> > > >> On Dec 14, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> >> wrote: >> >> On 12/14/2015 05:46 PM, Wes James wrote: >>> >>>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> See this announce mail here: >>>> >>>> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-Decembe >>>> r/021518.html >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> I just updated to 7.2 from 7.1. I did lsb_release -a and it >>> says 7.2.1511. I haven?t rebooted yet, which items would run >>> with new binaries, anything that isn?t running yet? Ssay I had >>> apache running, it wouldn?t pick up new apache until a reboot, >>> right? >> >> I have no idea, but there are security kernel updates: >> >> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-Novemb >> er/002347.html >> <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-Novem >> ber/002347.html> >> >> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-Decemb >> er/002732.html >> <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-Decem >> ber/002732.html> >> >> And those will not be active without a reboot. > > > Thanks to you and John R Pierce for your replies. > > -wes >You can always use the "needs-restarting" script to see what you need to restart. [Someone suggested "lsof | grep DEL | grep /usr" as an alternative. I haven't used that approach or compared it to "needs-restarting" so don't know exactly which is a better approach.] With an update from one point release to another I would think that you'd have a rather unstable system until you do a reboot.