Re: dh_installinit and dpkg-reconfigure
On Sat, 09 Nov 2002, Martin Godisch wrote:
> dh_installinit adds 'invoke-rc.d start' (or: init.d/package start) to
> postinst, hence, after dpkg-reconfigure is run, postinst will try to
> start an already running service, start-stop-daemon will fail, and the
> daemon will not reload its new configuration.
>
> What's the correct way to handle this?
Well, I once proposed people to use invoke-rc.d restart for that. It
is (now) defined to be stop if it is running. Then start it.
About 99% of the time a script is trying a start, it actually wants
a stop if it is already there, then start it again...
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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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