On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 03:10:22PM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2000-08-08 at 14:54 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > >This looks good. Debian has an even finer distinction: > > > > reload > > cause the configuration of the service to be reloaded > > without > > actually stopping and restarting the service, > > > > force-reload > > cause the configuration to be reloaded if the service > > supports > > this, otherwise restart the service. > > > >However, we can always indentify your "reload" with Debian's > >"force-reload" and ignore this difference. > > I think this is a very important distinction. In most cases, it is > overkill (no pun intended) to simply kill a service, and then restart > it, to let it reload its configuration.
You didn't read carefully, but FWIW, I think everyone agrees with you. force-reload is worded this way: "cause the configuration to be reloaded if the service supports this, otherwise restart the service." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What this distinctions allows is to say: reload only if the service allows it without restarting, otherwise do NOT restart the service, keep it running. So you should give it some thought if this is a useful thing to say, and then you should make a decision whether to allow for this or not. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
