Re: Apache doesn't restart after new libssl is installed

On Wed, 2023-02-08 at 14:01 +0000, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Whose responsibility is this? Should the Apache package somehow
> know that it needs to restart itself? Should the libssl package
> do something to cause Apache to restart? Should the unattended-
> upgrades package know to restart Apache when libssl has been
> upgraded?
> 
> I know there is a mechanism of some kind to cause daemons to
> restart when libraries they use are being replaced; is that just
> for libc updates, or something?

Have a look into the needrestart package, which is suggested, but not
required, by unattended-upgrades.