Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:42:04 -0500 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with daemons on uninstall... Message-ID: <CACdU%2Bf-ndoLBppVeSVnK=vFBY1qrYARWFftBmppUXO3JV6XrPA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1UyObF-0000Rh-P5@clue.co.za> References: <E1UyObF-0000Rh-P5@clue.co.za>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> wrote: > Hi > > I have to ask if there's a standard for the way ports should handle > their daemons when the port is uninstalled. > > I've encountered 3 varients of ports behaviour on uninstall: > > 1. Do nothing > 2. Stop the daemon > 3. Ask if the daemon should be stopped > > #1 closely followed by #3 are the least irritating when it comes > to portupgrade because you can at least have the service running > while upgrading. At least with #3 the upgrade gets paused until > the propmpt is answered and you're then aware that some service > will go away immediately so you can be prepared to restart it. > > #2 is extremely irritating because upgrading with portupgrade etc > kills the service. For instance isc-dhcpd* does this which means > that for some time, dhcp may be unavailable. It could be less > irritating if it would automatically start the service, but that > can have its own problems. > > Does the project have a preferred method for handling running > daenmons on uninstall? I know that Linux will even start daemons > on install. > Personally, I prefer that when uninstalling a port, that the daemon gets stopped. But if you are upgrading a port, then you will want the daemon to be re-started. This should be possible with the new pkg tools, but I don't know if it is implemented: pkg install isc-dhcpd42-server - pkg installs the port doesn't start service - admin starts service with /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd start pkg upgrade isc-dhcp42-server - pkg checks the repository and finds a new version and asks if you want it installed - pkg checks if the service(s) is running, saves the status for later - pkg uninstalls the old port - pkg installs the new port - pkg checks the saved status to see if it needs to restart the service(s) pkg uninstall isc-dhcpd42-server - pkg uninstalls the port and stops the service if running -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were maimed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CACdU%2Bf-ndoLBppVeSVnK=vFBY1qrYARWFftBmppUXO3JV6XrPA>