[OmniOS-discuss] UPDATE NOW --> ntp to 4.2.8p4

[Volker A. Brandt]

Lauri Tirkkonen writes:
> > Well, no, it doesn't. :-) That's due to a design flaw in the
> > interaction between IPS and SMF (IMHO).
[...]
 
> Well, that's not a design flaw. Actuators are executed only when the
> action (eg. file) specifying them changes

Yes, this is how IPS does it.  IPS does not really know that the
manifest-import service is special.  There should have been an explicit
"re-import this manifest now" actuator, much like users or groups are 
created.

[...]
> If you wanted to restart ntp when any files in the ntp package
> change on update, you would need an actuator like
> 'restart_fmri=svc:/network/ntp:default' on *all* file actions
> delivered by the package.

I know what you mean.  That might work, but that is normally not what 
you do when you deliver an SMF manifest in your package.  You just drop
it and restart manifest-import, and hope that manifest-import will see
your new manifest.  This is quite a different thing.

Also, what you wrote is not quite true.  What you wanted to write was 
"you would need an actuator on *at least one* file action *that has a
different file hash*".  If nothing is different, the action is not
executed, and the attached actuator does not fire. 

And it gets worse when you remove a package that contains a manifest for
a running SMF service, because it is impossible to call the stop method
of the service before removing the package.  Lots of fun. :-)


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