Re: When are security updates effective?
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Sam Morris wrote:
> > You can check with
> >
> > # lsof +L1
> >
> > It will show you open Files that have been
> > unlinked. If any of those are part of the upgraded
> > packages, you restart that process.
>
> Note that this has been broken since at most Linux 2.6.8. Relying on it
> may cause you to not notice that some processes need to be restarted after
> upgrading a package containing a shared library.
>
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=264985>
Indeed. lsof +L1 is currently useless for detecting unlinked libraries.
I've been using lsof | grep "path inode" to detect them for a while now.
Still, I hope the older, saner lsof +L1 behaviour can be restored soon...
--
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them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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