On Thu, 4 May 2006, John Hinton wrote: > I have asked myself over the years... just what happens during the update > process? For instance, the latest updates included updates to php. I'm > wondering if apache is restarted or reloaded to read the new php updates? > > More broadly... if this is done, is it done pretty much for every interrelated > update, I guess with the exception of kernel updates? You can inspect a package's scripts by doing: rpm -q --scripts php In this case (at least on rhel4as) apache is not restarted/reloaded. Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]