Hi, >> Today I've run `apt-get update` and `apt-get upgrade` to get security fixes. >> >> It updated libc6 and some other essential packages. >> >> Should I reboot my production Web server? If yes, how often? >> > > If you install the debian-goodies package, you can run checkrestart to see > what programs are still holding open old libraries - though there are some > false positives. > > You can then decide whether you just need to restart a particular service > (checkrestart will tell you what, in most cases), or whether you need to > reboot.
Ok, so I decided to install the Debian-goodies on my machine to test that checkrestart command but.... it broke, so according to the Debian policy I get to keep both pieces. ;-) Any way to fix the pieces? ---------<quote>------------------- Get:1 http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main libssh2-1 i386 1.2.6-1 [77.2 kB] Get:2 http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main libcurl3 i386 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2 [281 kB] Get:3 http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main curl i386 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2 [227 kB] Get:4 http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main dctrl-tools i386 2.14.5 [110 kB] Get:5 http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main debian-goodies all 0.53 [49.3 kB] Fetched 746 kB in 1s (571 kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package libssh2-1. (Reading database ... 34588 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libssh2-1 (from .../libssh2-1_1.2.6-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libcurl3. Unpacking libcurl3 (from .../libcurl3_7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package curl. Unpacking curl (from .../curl_7.21.0-2.1+squeeze2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package dctrl-tools. Unpacking dctrl-tools (from .../dctrl-tools_2.14.5_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dctrl-tools_2.14.5_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in write on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./etc/grep-dctrl.rc': No space left on device configured to not write apport reports dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Selecting previously deselected package debian-goodies. Unpacking debian-goodies (from .../debian-goodies_0.53_all.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dctrl-tools_2.14.5_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of debian-goodies: debian-goodies depends on dctrl-tools | grep-dctrl; however: Package dctrl-tools is not installed. Package grep-dctrl is not installed. dpkg: error processing debian-goodies (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up libssh2-1 (1.2.6-1) ... ldconfig: Writing of cache data failed: No space left on device dpkg: error processing libssh2-1 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcurl3: libcurl3 depends on libssh2-1 (>= 1.2); however: Package libssh2-1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libcurl3 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of curl: curl depends on libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2-1); however: Package libcurl3 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing curl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: debian-goodies libssh2-1 libcurl3 curl Current status: 1 broken [+1]. ---------<quote>------------------- The "No space left on drive" is the wrong symptom, there is plenty of space on all partitions. # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/linbobo-root 2064208 2064208 0 100% / tmpfs 511180 0 511180 0% /lib/init/rw udev 506252 164 506088 1% /dev tmpfs 511180 0 511180 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 241116 65012 163656 29% /boot /dev/mapper/linbobo-home 467457616 202900 443509180 1% /home /dev/mapper/linbobo-tmp 388741 10292 358379 3% /tmp /dev/mapper/linbobo-usr 4922684 661488 4011136 15% /usr /dev/mapper/linbobo-var 2955216 1666036 1139064 60% /var # So now what? Bonno Bloksma -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/89d1798a7351d040b4e74e0a043c69d7352a2...@hglexch-01.tio.nl
