Hello, it looks as if we don't have good guidelines what to do about running daemons when installing packages, or I missed them when glancing at the policy and packaging manual.
I think it should be specified in the packaging manual when daemons should be stopped, started, restarted, reloaded etc. For example, by using reload in the postinst, the downtime of services can probably be minimized at an upgrade (instead using stop in the prerm and start in the postinst). Of course, some daemons shall require exceptions to the general rule, but it would still have advantages to specify the common case. If someone is interested in working on this, I shall help. Especially I would make sure that the same guidelines apply to the Hurd translators, which are in some ways comparable to daemons (although invoked differently). Comments are welcome, 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] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/
