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Date:      Wed, 28 Jun 2017 09:37:32 +0200
From:      Torsten Zuehlsdorff <mailinglists@toco-domains.de>
To:        Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Should a package restart on upgrade itself
Message-ID:  <9192e422-deb0-e87e-93e7-30a7eeabe136@toco-domains.de>
In-Reply-To: <b71469f3-dd9d-6680-f85e-a7acfcf9d944@fechner.net>
References:  <b71469f3-dd9d-6680-f85e-a7acfcf9d944@fechner.net>

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On 27.06.2017 18:29, Matthias Fechner wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> it is always a pain if pkg upgrade a lot of packages to restart all
> services to make sure update/security fixes are applied to all running
> services.
> 
> Is there an option in pkg that it restart services automatically or is
> it OK if I would add a post-install script to the packages (I maintain)
> that will include a "service foo restart"?

Since the number of services is limited i do in such scenarios you 
described (or in doubt) a simple:
# service -R

Greetings,
Torsten



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