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On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 03:21:20PM +0200, Kay Lehmann wrote:
> Lars Thegler wrote:
> >
> >net/smokeping stops a running daemon in its pkg-deinstall script. It=20
> >doesn't restart it after upgrade, though. Not sure whether that is a=20
> >good idea anyway.
> >
> >/Lars
> >
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> I would think so, too. We shouldn't do such things automatically, since=
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> there may be important changes in configs, etc. This should be done by=20
> the admin himself. FreeBSD does not need to treat its users as dummies=20
> and try to do everything automatically and in the background.
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That's true - it doesn't need to.  This issue came up for me because I
forgot to switch a daemon off before upgrading it.  A helpful "are you
aware that this daemon is still running" message would have been useful,
but as you say I ought to have remembered that myself.

Joe
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