packages requiring me to reboot...

[nodata]

Am 2009-12-16 17:51, schrieb Seth Vidal:
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> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Peter Jones wrote:
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>> On 12/16/2009 11:43 AM, Seth Vidal wrote:
>>> you're an experienced user? You're comfortable knowing what does and
>>> what does not require a reboot? Then why are you using PK?
>>>
>>> Disable pk and do the updates directly via yum.
>>>
>>> Bam - no more requests to reboot.
>>
>> I get what you're saying, and it's kindof a fair point, but there's also
>> some utility to having the system automatically, proactively notify you
>> of updates.
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> And you can do that. Just don't have pk DO the update.
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> There are lots of ways to get notifications of updates not using PK in
> the system.
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> And again, we're not talking about for the default everyday user.
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> we're talking about the experienced user who is comfortable knowing what
> does and does not need a reboot.
>
> All I'm saying is - we've not taken away any option, the experienced
> user can do what they want.
>
> -sv
>

True, but the default should be sensible.