Re: RFC: update-inetd migration to dpkp-triggers
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 22:02:21 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 09:54:19PM +0200, Serafeim Zanikolas wrote:
> > * document that local policy will live in /etc/inetd.conf.d/ and any manual
> > changes will be made effective by running update-inetd
>
> I think this violates the principle of least surprise (restarting the daemon
> after making your changes has been enough to make those changes take effect
> since the inception of these daemons), and will be displeasing to many
> admins as a result.
>
Is there any reason inetd's init script couldn't run update-inetd before
restarting the daemon, thus not changing the way things work for admins?
Cheers,
Julien
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