On 06/20/2011 10:50 AM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:51:30AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >> Since python doesn't keep .py files open its hard to use things like >> checkrestart to find out which servers to restart when upgrading a >> python library for security updates. I wonder if a dpkg triggers based >> mechanism could perform this function. Any thoughts? > > For packaged Python stuff, surely dependencies give sufficient > indication of what may need restarting?
Not necessarily. Some packages have dependencies which are only used by a part of the modules in the package, or they have recommended packages which are installed but not used by your daemon... and so on. -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dff1a10.7070...@bzed.de
