Bug#351036: libc6 should restart Dropbear sshd (or provide a generic mechanism for other packages)

[Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.5-8.1
Severity: normal


libc6 has a hardcoded list of processes (mostly servers) to restart in
its postinst script. Some important services (in this case Dropbear ssh
daemon) are not restarted, which can render a system unusable without a
reboot.

"dropbear" should be added to the list of services to restart, however a
more generic mechanism might be more appropriate. Perhaps
/var/lib/libc6/require-restart.d/ could be scanned, and packages requiring
a restart after a libc6 upgrade could install their own files there to
be executed?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

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