Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 14:41:29 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Kay Lehmann <kay_lehmann@web.de> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade and daemons. Message-ID: <20040523134129.GA43702@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <40B0A550.7040500@web.de> References: <20040523101300.GA43113@genius.tao.org.uk> <40B09066.1020300@web.de> <20040523122832.GF40899@genius.tao.org.uk> <40B0A0CD.90301@thegler.dk> <40B0A550.7040500@web.de>
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--2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 03:21:20PM +0200, Kay Lehmann wrote: > Lars Thegler wrote: > > > >net/smokeping stops a running daemon in its pkg-deinstall script. It=20 > >doesn't restart it after upgrade, though. Not sure whether that is a=20 > >good idea anyway. > > > >/Lars > > >=20 > I would think so, too. We shouldn't do such things automatically, since= =20 > there may be important changes in configs, etc. This should be done by=20 > the admin himself. FreeBSD does not need to treat its users as dummies=20 > and try to do everything automatically and in the background. >=20 That's true - it doesn't need to. This issue came up for me because I forgot to switch a daemon off before upgrading it. A helpful "are you aware that this daemon is still running" message would have been useful, but as you say I ought to have remembered that myself. Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkCwqggACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZsLACgh3/ORafKjqxkEyhzsX+cT8mk lkUAoI2ZnzbPYdzR3f1qqmp8KqQT3+r1 =Dqtg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2oS5YaxWCcQjTEyO--
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