Re: Please remove rcconf
On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 00:10, Michael Stone wrote:
> Well, there are long-standing bugs in debian's handling of services on
> upgrade. It wasn't long ago that the system blindly restarted
> everything. Now it guesses, but doesn't do a all-round good job.
Upgrades are handled properly if and only if rc symlink farms are
fully populated.
> There
> were proposals long ago that on upgrades packages should check if the
> service was running before stopping, then restart if it was.
I.e., that "try-restart" be implemented in all packages. That is
required before Debian can be said to support running of services
in "manual control" mode.
> I don't
> upgrade constantly, though, so this shouldn't be a showstopper. You
> need to pay attention while upgrading and this is just another reason
> why.
So your argument is that it is OK to put services in such a state that
they will be improperly started on upgrade. You make it sound as if
upgrade chaos were a long Debian tradition that we should honour and
cherish!
This is the Quality Assurance mailing list so I think I can claim
victory now. :)
--
Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk>
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