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8.2. Software upgrades

Software upgrades means overwriting old package files which are already installed on your system by newer ones. Notice, you have to make sure the to-be-upgrade application files are not in-use by active clients, otherwise unstable situation can occur.

8.2.1. Upgrading shared libraries

Upgrading shared libraries can be dangerous. Since shared libraries are used by one or more applications. For example, the glibc system library is almost used by all applications in your system. It is suggested you reboot all clients after shared libraries upgrades, otherwise your system may behave unstable.