Bug#165258: libc6: Should restart services when upgrading from versions prior to 2.3
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 10:38:43PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.1-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid
>
> The call to dpkg --compare-versions in libc's postinst should compare
> against a higher version than 2.1.95-1; after upgrading to 2.3.1-1, I
> found that a lot of services (including in particular inetd and kdm)
> didn't work right until I restarted them.
>
> Incidentally, you should also broaden the list of relevant services; I
> would suggest adding kdm (and other display managers?), ssh-krb5, and
> apache2 at the least.
Heh, restart display managers is outside the scope of libc. Restarting
services is pushing it enough I think.
You are correct. I'm surprised I didn't remember that before 2.3.1 was
uploaded.
We need to get out a 2.3.1-2 real quick to fix this before we get
flooded with hundres of bug reports.
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