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

[Volker A. Brandt]

Eric Sproul writes:
> The service has restarted correctly for me on both 006 and 014 with
> this update.  I'm not sure why that is though, because you're
> correct that the ntp.xml file has not changed in all of the '014
> versions published.  I was under the impression that the
> restart_fmri actuator would only fire when the associated action was
> triggered.

Yes, that's why it did not restart on my 014 box, hence I noticed.
Maybe you were on an earlier rev where the manifest really did change?
I guess it also restarted when Dan tested, or else he would not have
mentioned that pkg DTRT.
 
> However, if we really *do* want to restart ntp when the *daemon*
> updates, then we could add a restart_fmri actuator on the
> usr/lib/inet/ntpd file.  Thus, whenever that file is updated,
> svc:/network/ntp:default could be restarted.

It's been a while since I last tried, but I think this will not work,
at least not in some corner cases, e.g. when the pkg is not installed
at all, and the svc:/network/ntp:default service does not exist when
the pkg is installed.  ISTR that pkg install will error out.  Hmmm, 
need to test that again sometimes. :-)


Regards -- Volker
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