A fix for `restart'

Dirk Engling erdgeist at erdgeist.org
Sat Oct 29 00:18:36 PDT 2005


On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Yar Tikhiy wrote:

> Would you mind testing the following patch to /etc/rc.subr
> that should remedy problems with `restart', e.g., as found
> for /etc/rc.d/jail?  It is safe as it doesn't affect other
> commans and hence it won't disrupt your boot sequence :-)
> I'm just concerned about possible side-effects for restart
> I might have overlooked.  The test case of scripts taking
> additional arguments besides the command is the most intriguing.

I included that patch and successfully ran it for a week and dozends of 
restarts. For me it looks like the patch solves the problem I had and 
stands little chance of making things worse than before.

Thanks a lot. Is there any chance that this bug fix will find its way into 
6.0RELEASE?

Regards,

   Dirk


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