Should I reboot after an update?

[Damien Hull]

I just did an update on another server. According to /var/log/dpkg.log 
kernel 2.6.15.26 was installed. However, I can't find the new kernel. 
It's not in /boot.

What's going on here?

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Damien Hull wrote:
>   
>> Does the kernel ever get updated on Ubuntu server?
>> Should I reboot just to be safe?
>>     
>
> I think (but am not sure) that there was a kernel update this time.
> However, the kernel definitely does get updated on the server, if only
> for security reasons.
>
> Matthew Flaschen
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