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Will a running process always be restarted when its package is upgraded?

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I have a host that's running a bunch of processes inside a tmux session. For one of those processes, the binary executable belongs to a package that I've installed by adding a PPA. The command line is long and complex. There's no systemd service set up for it.

I've also made sure that unattended-updates works for more than just security updates and includes non-Ubuntu PPAs.

When the developer releases a new version of the package and my host upgrades, I can run a new process of the binary with --version and see that I do indeed have the new version. But what about the process I have running inside tmux? Has it been restarted? How can I test that?

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With deb packages, the running application keeps running unless told to stop by a helper script. Stopping/reloading is not automatic. Examine the scripts included with the package. Or ask the developer.
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