Apache reloading before package setup

[ñull]

I don't know if this is specific for php5-curl or that it occurs with all php modules. When I install this module I see that first the apache server is reloaded and then the module is set-up. Shouldn't the order be reversed? Wasn't it the idea that Apache is reloaded automatically after an update in PHP? :

Unpacking php5-curl (from .../php5-curl_5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php5 ...
 * Reloading web server config apache2 [ OK ]
Setting up php5-curl (5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13) ...

Now I needed to reload Apache manually for it to work.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

This sounds like a valid bug and something we should fix, so I'm assigning my team to take a look when we can. This is open-ended though - if anybody else can help with this, please do.

[cooolman (coolman)]

Please update packages
ubuntu server 15.04
php 5.6.4 -> php 5.6.7

[ñull (erniecom)]

Just to confirm this is not isolated to Ubuntu or php5-curl. Yesterday I de-installed php5-ffmpeg in Debian and Apache was not restarted either.
 May be (de-)install script should check if mod_php is active and only then restart Apache?

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Unassigning as no progress has been made by the assignee. It's still on the server team's list, but I want to clean the assignee list to the set of bugs that are actively being worked on.

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

I don't know when/where this was changed.
But triggers now behave correctly (in general) in regard to the order of unpack/setup/trigger.
Here 18.04 on the reported package:

Preparing to unpack .../php7.2-curl_7.2.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php7.2-curl (7.2.1-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up php7.2-curl (7.2.1-1ubuntu2) ...

Creating config file /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/curl.ini with new version
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.2 (7.2.1-1ubuntu2) ...

This will call "apache2_reload restart" as it can be seen in /var/lib/dpkg/info/libapache2-mod-php7.2.postinst

Random other example:
Selecting previously unselected package php7.2-soap.
(Reading database ... 67852 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../php7.2-soap_7.2.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking php7.2-soap (7.2.1-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up php7.2-soap (7.2.1-1ubuntu2) ...

Creating config file /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/soap.ini with new version
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.2 (7.2.1-1ubuntu2) ...

So at least for the most recent (and maybe even quite some time back) - Fix Released