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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:15:56 -0700
From:      Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [ports/net/isc-dhcp*] Don't stop DHCP related daemons
Message-ID:  <20100915151554.GA2660@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100915081800.GQ12467@core.byshenk.net>
References:  <20100911222902.bb57444a.nork@FreeBSD.org> <20100911173359.68d71af6@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <AANLkTin0D13%2B9JQJ6wVD7_48Es6rvUJtu=rAx6M1xdjx@mail.gmail.com> <4C901FD0.5000304@FreeBSD.org> <20100915081800.GQ12467@core.byshenk.net>

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Quoth Greg Byshenk on Wednesday, 15 September 2010:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 06:22:24PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
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> [...]
> =20
> > I can think of at least one more scenario off the top of my head. You=
=20
> > want to run the new version of the service the next time the box is=20
> > restarted for whatever reason, but the update is not so critical that i=
t=20
> > justifies restarting the system immediately.
>=20
> Do 'you' (generic) -really- want to do this? 'This', in this case
> being making a change without testing what will happen when the
> machine or service is next restarted?  One of the things I've
> learned is that things aren't always perfect, and, if I change=20
> service <X> in some way, then I want to test that .../rc.d/<X>
> actually does what I want/expect next time it runs.
>=20
> As I noted before, if by chance something is wrong, I want to
> know -now-, while the server/service is being maintained, not at
> some random later date.
>=20
>=20
> I am not coming down on either side of the 'automation' issue, as=20
> I think that I can see points on both sides; I'm just suggesting
> that this argument is not a good one.
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> greg byshenk  -  gbyshenk@byshenk.net  -  Leiden, NL
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Please don't automatically stop/start anything that might be critical.
I've had enough of Windows' automatic reboots after automatic upgrades,
and I never want to go back.

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