Re: Packages who requires restart computer
On 07/02/07 14:07, Josep wrote:
Hello Ron.
Hi, and please do *not* top-post. It's considered rude.
I would like know if checkrestart will detect a kernel
No, since it lives "under" the file system.
and libc update,
Absolutely. (It's written in Python, so should be easy to analyze.)
I was writing an script today for my home server and this is the only
issue that I don't know and is difficult test.
If not I will put inmy scitp that detects when kernel and libc will be
updated.
Thanks for all the answers.
Josep
El lun, 02-07-2007 a las 12:09 -0500, Ron Johnson escribió:
On 07/02/07 11:47, Rick Pasotto wrote:
On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:42:15AM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote:
On Mon July 2 2007 09:25:50 am Josep wrote:
Hello.
I use etch and would like know what packages will require a full
restart of the computer, if there is any tool for do this
automatically, and if not, I will do an script for do this myself.
The kernel. When the kernel is updated you need to restart your box to
get the new kernel up and running. All the services on your box can be
stopped or restarted from /etc/init.d/whatever as needed.
What about libc? I have seen anomolies when some programs are using the
new version and some are still using the old.
/usr/sbin/checkrestart in package debian-goodies will list out for
you all the currently-running PIDs that are using "old" files, and
give you a list of commands that will fix most of the problems.
The rest of the issues are left as an exercise for the reader. But
if I can figure out which pids to kill and jobs to restart, so can you.
So, installing a new kernel really is the only reason you ever need
to reboot.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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