> > im not sure about centos, but in debian land is very tipical to > > found messages like that after installing/upgrading: > > > > "Remember to restart XXX package!" > > > > can yum do that? > rpm can do that, if you run it from the command line. If you use a > graphical tool to install/update packages, this information is not > printed. > > But when you update 389-ds-base, rpm will upgrade and restart the > servers for you (if they were running when you did the upgrade). so, if rpm can detect you have an instance, why don't just run setup-ds-admin.pl -u? > > do you think is a good idea? > > > > should i file a bug/feature request? > I'd like to find out what is the problem with the way it is done now, > and the motivation (i.e. what is the problem that you are attempting > to solve). i though it was clear with my previous questions. upgrading your system from packages can be dangerous if you dont perform specific steps (setup-ds-admin.pl -u). there's few packages that needs to perform a manual operation after upgrading, so a system may be misconfigured whithout your knowledge. anyway, if you dont find this usefull just forget it. maybe is my problem because i tend to update my systems very often. regards, abosch
