On Mon, 12 Sep 2011, Bob Proulx wrote: > I expected that it would fail and not stop the named. The > /etc/init.d/bind9 script calls rndc stop and then waits, possibly > forever, waiting for it to die. I was expecting the above not to stop
Yes, it is buggy. It should wait for a while and then kill the thing off. Shutdown scripts that fail to exit in a bounded, _short_ time are a nasty bug that causes data loss on UPS-initiated shutdown scenarios. It must _NOT_ depend on rdnc or bind not being wedged. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110913133734.ga20...@khazad-dum.debian.net
