On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 11:33:34AM -0800, Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Darren Reed <Darren.Reed at Sun.COM> [2007-11-20 05:07]: > > Nicolas Williams wrote: > > > [...] > > > > You've missed the point completely.
Indeed, I had. > > [...] > > Actually, for svc.startd(1M)-delegated instances, the stop method is > run as part of the transition to maintenance. That is, the stop > method has always been responsible for instance shutdown, whether the > instance is fully failed, partially failed, or otherwise. > > If it would be helpful to have a hint about which transition we're > making, that's a good RFE (although knowledge of the kinds of service > failures best lies with the service, of course). A method token like > "%M", with values "stop-maintenance" and "stop-admin", might be > helpful enough (?). Yes, I think so. Nico --
