Bug#305590: init script action force-reload implemented incorrectly

2005-04-22 Thread Peter Eisentraut
You wrote: > My undertanding of the proper action for reload is to close open file > descriptors, reread configuration files, and reopen file descriptors. > clamd only closes and reopens it's log file on HUP, so it seemed to > me that it failed the test for 'supports reload'. Indeed. > If you rea

Bug#305590: init script action force-reload implemented incorrectly

2005-04-22 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Peter Eisentraut said: > You wrote: > > My undertanding of the proper action for reload is to close open file > > descriptors, reread configuration files, and reopen file descriptors. > > clamd only closes and reopens it's log file on HUP, so it seemed to > > me that it

Bug#305590: init script action force-reload implemented incorrectly

2005-04-20 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Peter Eisentraut said: > Package: clamav-daemon > Severity: normal > > The init script implements the reload action by sending the HUP signal > to the daemon and the force-reload action by restarting the daemon. > That is incorrect. > > The correct behavior, according

Bug#305590: init script action force-reload implemented incorrectly

2005-04-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Package: clamav-daemon Severity: normal The init script implements the reload action by sending the HUP signal to the daemon and the force-reload action by restarting the daemon. That is incorrect. The correct behavior, according to policy and LSB, is: * If the daemon supports reloading the conf