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* Re: [gentoo-user] When to reboot after updates to the system
  @ 2006-04-29  1:04 99% ` Phil Sexton
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From: Phil Sexton @ 2006-04-29  1:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Kevin wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> I've read the portage documentation at
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=gentoo and I've searched
> and browsed the gentoo-user mailing list archive, but I have a question
> that I don't see answered anywhere.
> 
> It seems to me that it must be true that sometimes, after a system
> upgrade done with:
> 
> emerge -uD system
> or
> emerge -uD world
> 
> I must reboot the computer for the changes to take effect.

I reboot if I need to install or change hardware.  As far as 
updates go, you may have to reboot after compiling a new kernel.

I think that I may have read somewhere how to change kernels 
without rebooting, so you may not even need to reboot for any 
software.

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