Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:40:30 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re-starting daemons across upgrades? Message-ID: <4E83863E.3040607@wasikowski.net> In-Reply-To: <4E836D2F.3070708@gmx.de> References: <20110912230943.GD33455@guilt.hydra> <4E6E99BC.4050909@missouri.edu> <1315905051.1747.208.camel@xenon> <4E6F8A50.9060205@gmx.de> <1315942042.1747.258.camel@xenon> <4E6FD71D.9010207@gmx.de> <20110914181553.f6d31b0f.cjr@cruwe.de> <4E722F3F.3030606@wasikowski.net> <20110915180815.GA46983@guilt.hydra> <4E7247F2.7080207@wasikowski.net> <20110915183710.GA47127@guilt.hydra> <4E7253AF.7030602@wasikowski.net> <4E725782.3090107@gmx.de> <CADLo839_KJZGpjYcdFM1a3jqGCg4EHrz08xnNEQ30uW2c4uz7w@mail.gmail.com> <CAGMYy3vugL=YVqzH6-u81dLitgZU55tEnuuBnfqwyg86Wf9t3g@mail.gmail.com> <46157122.20110916135126@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E73709D.5020004@gmx.de> <4E73AADB.8060804@FreeBSD.org> <4E74639E.1060207@gmx.de> <4E7657AA.1050906@wasikowski.net> <4E836D2F.3070708@gmx.de>
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W dniu 2011-09-28 20:53, Matthias Andree pisze: >> We shouldn't go that way at all. Restarting service right after it's >> update is not a good thing. In many cases service will not start, >> because of needed configuration changes od other ports not recompiled or >> updated. The safe way is to not stop service at all. Let the system >> operator restart service manually when he finish all the needed update >> tasks. > > Well, the maintainer should know if the service can be restarted or > needs manual intervention. For patch level upgrades - pathological cases > like OpenLDAP or Cyrus-SASL interactions aside - you normally can > restart the service without further ado. That's true. Still, I often like to update software during the work hours and restart it in the middle of the night. It's not as annoying to customers as restarting critical service during peak hours. Restart time should be left for operator to decide. -- best regards Lukasz Wasikowski
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