On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > > > s/reload in the postinst/restart in the postinst/ > > If you maintain a package, you _wrote_ the init script. You know if it > supports reload, and if so, you use it. Otherwise, you know it supports > restart and you use that.
Sure. But my point was this: if you use reload in the postinst, the _old_ version of the daemon keeps running, thus defeating the purpose of an upgrade. Therefore, it's better to use restart. Remco -- rd1936: 11:35am up 4 days, 15:24, 7 users, load average: 2.04, 1.98, 1.88
