Control: reassign -1 -2 release-notes Control: retitle -2 sendmail is stopped during upgrades Control: tag -2 patch Control: close -1 Hi Andreas, On 30-03-2021 09:05, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Please unblock package sendmail Unblocked. > 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
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