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Re: Security Updates Without Rebooting
From: Marco Ermini <marco.ermini () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:17:33 +0100
On 11/8/05, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote: [...]
Note that rpm will only do that if the person who packaged the updated RPM specified a 'postinstall' scriptlet requesting it. So RPM *can* restart a daemon, but it's a function of the package, not of rpm.
[...] Sorry for the late posting... it's an RPM specification that RPM package installation should perform completely unattended. Restarting a daemon is possible in the postinstall script but it seems a task which should be asked to the sysadmin to be performed or not (like APT and DEB packages did - but they are NOT assumed to be performed unattended). Cheers -- Marco Ermini Dubium sapientiae initium. (Descartes) root@human # mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research (This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original.) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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