On 08/31/2010 03:17 PM, Andre Costa wrote:
Latest F13 upgrades include two packages that "require" a
restart:
evolution-data-server and GtkHTML.
... ?! Is it really necessary to *reboot* because two desktop
components have been upgraded? Shouldn't a logout/login be enough?
This sounds like overkill, specially if you're the only one using the
computer (i.e. there are no other users using those libraries/services
besides you -- *if* you're using them). I don't even use Evolution!
Isn't there any more clever way of determining if a reboot is really
necessary? Or maybe at least the message should be less "demanding", I
don't know... it really seems unneeded.
I used to be proud of Linux only needing a reboot when the kernel (or
some key component) was upgraded. This is sadly feeling like "those
good old times" :-(
Regards,
Andre
It was bound to happen.
Way too many daemons are running linked with libraries that just got
updated.
That said, I think that unless you want to boot with the updated kernel, you
can get away with just doing;
sudo init 1
Once you are in the single user shell, issue
init 5
This will at least get you running the the latest apps and libs while
staying with the currently booted kernel.