Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

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Subject: Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart
From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:19:30 +0000
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 201501290835.49528.gheskett@wdtv.com>
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On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:35:49 Gene Heskett wrote:
> To get the fixes into use, you MUST
> reboot, no way around it.  To do otherwise WILL leave the machine
> vulnerable.

No, you do not necessarily have to reboot.  As various people have said, you 
can restart individual services; and you can run needrestart to find out 
which ones need restarting.

Lisi

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