[SunHELP] Recommended Patches

[Bruce Pullig]

Do you reboot monthly too?   Or do you just wait until you need to 
reboot?   What if it is several months before you reboot, could applying 
another patch on top of a patch that needed a reboot (Kernel patch) cause 
problems.


At 09:15 AM 10/18/2001, you wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 10:05:03AM +0700, Sangbutsarakum, Patai wrote:
> > I really glad to see some pple has the same question
> > in same way that I have.
> > After I applied the recommend patch for a while, new recommend patch 
> emerge.
> > Do I really need to install it again.?
>
>Yes.  If there is an update for an already-installed patch, it will be
>installed - but if a patch is *already* installed, it will be skipped.
>
>Doing the recommended patch set at least once a month is a good way to stay
>relatively current.
>
>Bill
>
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>Bill Bradford
>mrbill at mrbill.net
>Austin, TX
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