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The zoneinfo patch is just an update of regular files. So why do we need to reboot?

April 26, 2017files patch Reboot regular zoneinfo

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The zoneinfo patch is just an update of regular files. So why do we need to reboot?

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• Reboot is the only way to ensure that all applications running on the systems reread zoneinfo files. Zoneinfo database is once read in processes/applications and is never reread. The only way to let them reread new zoneinfo files is to restart the application/processes.