Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:09:28 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [ports/net/isc-dhcp*] Don't stop DHCP related daemons Message-ID: <20100912000928.GA9073@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <20100911173359.68d71af6@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <20100911222902.bb57444a.nork@FreeBSD.org> <20100911173359.68d71af6@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:33:59PM +0300, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:29:02 +0900 > Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > Hi wxs and jpaetzel. > > > > I noticed that dhcpd server stoped after portupgrade, > > sometimes. It's a painful accident on my network. Because I didn't > > notice some troubles:-(. > > > > Why do you stop the daemons? Is it really absolutely necessary > > to stop a service before it's files go away? > > > > SEE ALSO: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/rc-scripts.html#AEN5402 > > > > $ grep forcestop isc-dhcp*/pkg-plist > > isc-dhcp31-relay/pkg-plist:@unexec %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcrelay.sh > > forcestop 2>/dev/null || true isc-dhcp31-relay/pkg-plist:@unexec > > %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcrelay forcestop 2>/dev/null || true > > isc-dhcp31-server/pkg-plist:@unexec %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd.sh > > forcestop 2>/dev/null || true isc-dhcp31-server/pkg-plist:@unexec > > %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd forcestop 2>/dev/null || true > > isc-dhcp41-relay/pkg-plist:@unexec %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcrelay.sh > > forcestop 2>/dev/null || true isc-dhcp41-relay/pkg-plist:@unexec > > %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcrelay forcestop 2>/dev/null || true > > isc-dhcp41-server/pkg-plist:@unexec %D/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd forcestop > > 2>/dev/null || true > > > > I want to remove these lines in pkg-plist. > > This 'stop the service before we install' seems to be a new fashion, > usually unneeded/disruptive. > IMO this should only happen when it's really needed, and with some big > warning printed. This is there because that is how the old ISC ports were done. I'm not a fan of this at all. If it doesn't break upgrades I'm going to remove it. Ports/packages should keep their grubby little hands off my services. ;) -- WXS
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