Is reboot necessary?

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circus78

Hi, I am using FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p4. I just ran freebsd-update fetch and I got this:

Code: 
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 12.1-RELEASE from update4.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
The following files will be updated as part of updating to
12.1-RELEASE-p4:
/bin/freebsd-version
/boot/kernel/ipfw.ko
/usr/bin/quota
/usr/lib/libssl.a
/usr/lib/libssl.so.111
/usr/lib/libssl_p.a
/usr/lib32/libssl.a
/usr/lib32/libssl.so.111
/usr/lib32/libssl_p.a

Is reboot necessary?
Thank you
 
circus78 said:
Hi, I am using FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p4. I just ran freebsd-update fetch and I got this:

Code: 
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 12.1-RELEASE from update4.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching metadata index... done.
Inspecting system... done.
Preparing to download files... done.
The following files will be updated as part of updating to
12.1-RELEASE-p4:
/bin/freebsd-version
/boot/kernel/ipfw.ko
/usr/bin/quota
/usr/lib/libssl.a
/usr/lib/libssl.so.111
/usr/lib/libssl_p.a
/usr/lib32/libssl.a
/usr/lib32/libssl.so.111
/usr/lib32/libssl_p.a

Is reboot necessary?
Thank you
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Whatever for?
Nevermind, that freebsd-update install is missing.....
 
You just fetched the update, in order to install it you need to run freebsd-update install and reboot the machine when that has finished.
 
Sorry, I forgot to mention: of course I ran also freebsd-update install.
When I see that there is /boot/kernel/kernel, I know that there is a new kernel available, so I need to reboot to load it.
I was just unsure about /boot/kernel/ipfw.ko.
Thank you
 
You have to know yourself best. If you don't use ipfw, there's no need to reboot. An updated libssl will require you to restart all services that use it (pretty much everything that supports encryption) if you sticked to the default to link OpenSSL from base for all ports.
SirDice said:
When in doubt, just reboot.
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If you have to ask, yes, that's the safe advice.
 
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