On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
RG>
RG> [...]
RG>
RG> Initially, I thought to use a special signal (e.g. USR2) for this
RG> purpose. But still logrotate, as a well-known example, would cause a
RG> daemon restart where none is needed. So I now think it would be best to
RG> change HUP in the way described above. Those that need to apply a config
RG> change would then need to do a regular daemon restart - the same thing
RG> that is done with other daemons. In order to keep compatible, I would
RG> add an $HUPisRestart option, by default off, which could be used to
RG> re-enable previous behavior.
RG>
Still, I'd like to have a way to force full restart without really tearing
down and reloading the server. What about (optionally?) binding current
HUP behaviour to USR2 adding a default on option like $USR2isRestart?
Cheers, and a nice forthweek to all, yours
lorenzo
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