On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:02:06 GMT, Alister wrote:

> for a kernel upgrade the raspberry will continue running with the
> existing Kernel until it is rebooted.
>
> for all other upgrades a reboot should not be required, although it may
> be necessary to stop and restart any Daemons that are upgraded (this may
> be done by the upgrade process I am not 100% certain).

The needrestart package is a great help for restarting services and
warning about user programs after the update of libraries.
(It also recommends to reboot after kernel updates.)

gregor

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