Hi Justin, others, On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 07:24:48 +0200 Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> wrote: > > sendmail does not cleanly restart after upgrading from buster because > > the binaries were moved from /usr/lib/sm.bin to /usr/libexec/sendmail. > > So let's stop sendmail in preinst if upgrading from a version with the > > old layout. (To minimize downtime sendmail is usually not stopped before > > the new version gets unpacked, but only restarted in postinst.) > > If I understand you correctly, users don't expect this historically. So, > do you think this warrants a comment in the release notes? We already > have a section about "prepare for downtime" [1], but if this went more > smoothly in the past, it may me still smart. Something like: > > """ > In contrast to normal upgrades of sendmail, during the upgrade of buster > to bullseye sendmail will be stopped, causing more downtime to the > service than other sendmail upgrades. Please read [1] for generic advice > on reducing downtime. > """ > > Paul > > [1] > https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#services-downtime I guess this went below your radar as it was reassigned during this proposal. Can you please review and comment? Paul
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