Re: restart behavior (initscript)

Hi,


On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Mark Hatle wrote:
> > +will not be operational after a restart or reload, the script may return
> +is known not to be operational after a restart or reloca, the script
>
> I just want to make sure it's clear to someone coming in that (at this
> point) the atomic action of those items is not the normal behavior, but
> if it's available they should use it.  I'm not sure if what I wrote
> helps with that...

Well, I think you change is an improvement. I don't know whether it is
ready for an ISO standard like this, though.

Tobias


--- initactions.sgml    12 Aug 2003 21:31:28 -0000      1.10
+++ initactions.sgml    14 Aug 2003 16:52:59 -0000
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
 <PARA>
 If a service reloads its configuration automatically (as in the case
 of cron, for example), the reload option of the init file shall
-behave as if the configuration has been reloaded successfully.
+behave as if the configuration has been reloaded successfully. The restart,
+try-restart, reload and force-reload action may be atomic; i.e. if a service
+is known not be operational after a restart or reload, the script may return
+an error without any further action.
 </PARA>
 <PARA>
 These executable files shall not fail obscurely when the configuration