On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:48:23 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 02:52:35PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > > I am almost new to portmaster, so I got a question - is there any > > possibility to restart installed services as in portupgrade with > > defined BEFOREBUILD / BEFOREDEINSTALL / AFTERINSTALL? Or is there > > any future plan to do so? It is annoying if I end up with some dead > > services after upgrade just because I forgot to manualy > > do /usr/local/etc/rc.d/some_daemon restart > > This is more a complaint about the existing ports infrastructure, as > IMHO, it's something that should be handled there and not necessarily > by "third-party" port management utilities. > > Some existing ports (such as smartmontools, i.e. smartd) do this, > while others (such as postfix) do not. > > There are pros and cons to what you want. I myself have never managed > to conclude if the pros outweigh the cons -- or vice-versa -- but I > have thought about it before. I have had serious problems in the past when ports like MySQL were updated but not restarted. Both 'portupgrade' and 'portmanager' can correctly handle these situations however. I have no personal information regarding 'portmaster' other than the fact that I am unlikely to switch to a new port's maintenance program. Nothing I have seen indicates that it is any more reliable, secure, useful or faster than either 'portupgrade' or 'portmanager'. -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are running jobs. Why don't you go chase them?
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