Re: systemd support in openssh-server
Uoti Urpala <uoti.urpala@pp1.inet.fi> writes:
> Simplest fix would be to stop sshd in preinst, but then it would of
> course be nice to have a way to tell dpkg to not wait arbitrarily long
> after that before running postinst...
Yes, that's exactly why the openssh-server package doesn't do this. It's
extremely important that it not do this, since frequently ssh is the only
way to access a system, and if dpkg dies halfway through the upgrade,
there is no guarantee that the postinst scripts will ever be run. sshd
*has* to stay running throughout an entire upgrade process with as little
disruption as possible.
This is why openssh-server was already using a non-standard handling
method for its init script actions.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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