On Tue, 12 May 2020 11:54:48 +0700
Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> wrote:
> > Does the OS need to be restarted for this to take effect? Thx.
>
> That depends. If the kernel has been upgraded, then probably yes.
>
> If some daemon has been upgraded, it could be enough to restart the
> daemon (or does apt restart it for you automatically? I'm not sure).
>
> If some user utility has been upgraded, then reboot is not required.
One way to tell if a restart is required is to run needrestart.
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