[OpenIndiana-discuss] updates and reboots

[Marcel Telka]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 10:27:32AM +0100, Goetz T. Fischer wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:03:47 +0100, Marcel Telka wrote:
> > OTOH, system/library in OI (and also the rest of "kernel" - the
> > illumos-gate) is rebuild once a day and almost all pacakges depends on
> > them (either directly or indirectly).
> 
> which would mean pretty much every update needs a reboot.

If you need to be always up-to-date.  All the time and with all packages
available then yes, you need to reboot once a day.

> how about --no-backup-be and/or --deny-new-be ? i can't try it right now because i just updated my 
> system.

That's orthogonal to the problem/question we are talking about here.  In
short, if you specify --deny-new-be you won't be able to upgrade any
package that require reboot.

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