[arch-general] Fix or not fix? install scriptlets with user handling.

Frédéric Perrin frederic.perrin at resel.fr
Thu May 28 20:02:10 EDT 2009


Le Vendredi 29 à 1:47, Daenyth Blank a écrit :
> I don't really see how this is needed. If a user updates package X
> which he knows is running a daemon, it's not hard to know whether or
> not it should be restarted. We should always assume the user is
> competant

When PAM is updated, sshd may need to be restarted. Other dependencies
may not be as obvious.

The user is compentent != The user knows precisely which daemon needs a
restart after another lib update, or has time to track all such
dependencies.

-- 
Fred


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