TW 64b.: no need to restart Xorg ?

**maketopsite** · December 15th, 2023

Code:

zypper  dup

has upgraded (among others) these packages:

Code:

  xorg-x11-server                    21.1.9-1.1 -> 21.1.9-2.1
  xorg-x11-server-extra              21.1.9-1.1 -> 21.1.9-2.1
  xorg-x11-server-Xvfb               21.1.9-1.1 -> 21.1.9-2.1

I'm using Xorg but

Code:

zypper ps -s

did not tell there was need to restart Xorg. Is it please expected behaviour ?

**maketopsite** · December 21st, 2023

happens in Leap 15.5 too:

Code:

zypper patch --category security 
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Patch 'openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4927-1' is not in the specified category.
Patch 'openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4913-1' is not in the specified category.
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 5 packages are going to be upgraded:
  ghostscript ghostscript-x11 xorg-x11-server xorg-x11-server-Xvfb xorg-x11-server-extra

The following 2 NEW patches are going to be installed:
  openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4920 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4925

5 packages to upgrade.
Overall download size: 21.2 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. No additional space will be used or freed after the operation.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving: ghostscript-9.52-150000.177.1.x86_64 (Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15)
                                                                                                        (1/5),  17.9 MiB    
Retrieving delta: ./x86_64/ghostscript-9.52-150000.173.2_150000.177.1.x86_64.drpm, 223.7 KiB
Retrieving: ghostscript-9.52-150000.173.2_150000.177.1.x86_64.drpm .......................................[done (2.0 MiB/s)]
Applying delta: ./ghostscript-9.52-150000.173.2_150000.177.1.x86_64.drpm .............................................[done]
Retrieving: ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.177.1.x86_64 (Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15)
                                                                                                        (2/5),  80.5 KiB    
Retrieving: ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.177.1.x86_64.rpm .................................................[done (1.2 MiB/s)]
Retrieving: xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.13.1.x86_64 (Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15)
                                                                                                        (3/5), 803.0 KiB    
Retrieving delta: ./x86_64/xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm, 83.5 KiB
Retrieving: xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm .........................[done (15.0 KiB/s)]
Applying delta: ./xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm ................................[done]
Retrieving: xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.13.1.x86_64 (Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15)
                                                                                                        (4/5),   1.1 MiB    
Retrieving delta: ./x86_64/xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm, 98.9 KiB
Retrieving: xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm .....................................[done]
Applying delta: ./xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm ...............................[done]
Retrieving: xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.13.1.x86_64 (Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15)
                                                                                                        (5/5),   1.4 MiB    
Retrieving delta: ./x86_64/xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm, 98.9 KiB
Retrieving: xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm ...........................................[done]
Applying delta: ./xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.10.1_150500.7.13.1.x86_64.drpm .....................................[done]

Checking for file conflicts: .........................................................................................[done]
(1/5) Installing: ghostscript-9.52-150000.177.1.x86_64 ...............................................................[done]
(2/5) Installing: ghostscript-x11-9.52-150000.177.1.x86_64 ...........................................................[done]
(3/5) Installing: xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-21.1.4-150500.7.13.1.x86_64 ...................................................[done]
(4/5) Installing: xorg-x11-server-extra-21.1.4-150500.7.13.1.x86_64 ..................................................[done]
Updating /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager ...
(5/5) Installing: xorg-x11-server-21.1.4-150500.7.13.1.x86_64 ........................................................[done]
 

zypper ps -s
No processes using deleted files found.

No core libraries or services have been updated since the last system boot.
Reboot is probably not necessary.