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Subject: Re: Listing processes that use old files
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:15:45 +0100
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To: Kete Foy <kete@ninthfloor.org>
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Kete Foy <kete@ninthfloor.org> skribis:

> Enhancement request for a notice of processes running old files after
> upgrading a package.
> In this case, the upgraded package would be a dependency of another proce=
ss.
> This is crucial for running patched software without security
> vulnerabilities.
> A guix command for listing the processes would be nice, but we could
> lsof in the meantime.
> The package manager would not take any further action.
> We discussed this in the IRC channel.

Yes, one can use =E2=80=98lsof=E2=80=99 or similar to find out processes us=
ing old
packages.  It=E2=80=99s not clear to me what Guix can do exactly to help wi=
th
that.  Do you have anything in mind?

Ludo=E2=80=99.