Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:19:39 -0500 From: Adam <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Subject: Re: Should a package restart on upgrade itself Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK1bSWVs1a9hbQm7%2BNJOa-vSU4WEU-WjMyVfmZk8aERZpg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1530036181.4184901.1421203184.0039ADE4@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <b71469f3-dd9d-6680-f85e-a7acfcf9d944@fechner.net> <595296BF.3040906@quip.cz> <77549bbc-50b1-7635-2ca4-1ae229098506@quip.cz> <1530036181.4184901.1421203184.0039ADE4@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: > > Here's the diff for the commit you referenced: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/emulators/open-vm- > tools/pkg-plist?r1=457023&r2=457485&pathrev=457485 > > Which part are you objecting to? > > I don't really have any objections to changing open-vm-tools. I'll note > that I inherited it in it's current state with regards to defaults and > restarting, an it's probably worth fining out why it does those things > before blatantly changing things. > > It's possible that open-vm-tools is a poor example of what you are talking > about based on it providing services for the OS for running on VMWare > versus running some application service or daemon , but I will have to > think about this before taking a strongly held opinion. > FWIW most daemon equivalent upgrades on Windows force you to chose to restart after an upgrade. There isn't a lot of precedent for automatic, non-confirming restarts in server class software IME. -- Adam
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