> Unfortunately I can't think of a reasonable way of checking for this > in the preinst. The shell code I posted to the bug report works okay > for testing, but it'll report existing connections that are perfectly > reasonable, rather than just programs listening where they shouldn't be, > so it's not particularly good for sticking in a preinst and randomly > killing processes. It also depends on an optional package, which ain't > good. > > Ideas? Or should I just forget it, and let people doing an upgrade look > out for themselves?
How about instead of killing processes, just want the user if such a situation exists using the same check? -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
