On 2007-05-21 18:16:00 -0400, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote:
> Marcus Rueckert escribió:
>
> > imho the problem is more general.
>
> Yes, and I was unableto figure a better solution, that's the reason why
> I used that. ;)
>
> > lets say i upgrade apache + modules:
> >
> > %postun in the apache package does:
> > %restart_on_update apache2
> >
> > now the other modules will be installed.
> > that can already take your server offline. if the apache mmn changes the
> > old modules that are still installed wont be loaded in the newer apache.
>
> there is yet another issue with this approach, the "restart" must be
> done when the transaction finishes, if I install apache2-mod_php5 it may
> pull other PHP modules that really needs to be updated **before**
> restarting.
as we cant use rpm transactions (many installer install one rpm per rpm
call) we have to use some external script here. and each php module just
does %restart_on_update apache2 e.g. aswell. so they "trigger" a restart
of it aswell. [1]
> > which can be picked up by some SuSEconfig script in the end. [1]
>
> wasnt it deprecated ? ;)
i know we try to minimize the usage of it. you can always bring up a
better idea for the problem.;)
darix
[1] Although this gets a bit tricky. who will restart my php fastcgi
init script?;) do we want to have it in the distro at all?
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