Re: [gentoo-user] When to reboot after updates to the system

[Brett I. Holcomb]

You need to run etc-update (or one of it's cousins) if you are told files need 
updating.  After that run the /etc/init.d/sshd restart.

On Friday April 28 2006 20:55, Kevin wrote:
> On a related note, what is the most correct procedure for restarting a
> service after an update to a service (say named or cyrus-imapd or apache
> or sshd)?
>
> I've been doing something like this:
>
> # emerge -v openssh
> examine config file differences and make any adjustments that are
> required to be done by hand.
> # /etc/init.d/sshd stop
> # mv -i /etc/init.d/._cfg0000_sshd /etc/init.d/sshd
> # /etc/init.d/sshd start
>
> But I've noticed that there are cases when this general procedure
> doesn't work.  Perhaps because binaries change location between package
> versions and the old /etc/init.d/service script presumes the old package
> binary location and the new package has already been installed so the
> new binaries are no longer with the old startup script thinks they are.
>  In those cases, I usually find the service with ps and kill it by hand,
> then zap the service and start it again, using the new start script, but
> maybe there's a better way.  Seems to me that it might be better to do
> something like this:

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