You can restart openssh without being kicked off. "Tavian Barnes" <tavianator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 2 August 2010 22:00, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Guys, >> >> Sending mail from my local server resulted in errors "could not copy >> sent mail to 'sent' on servername? Checking the mail logs, I found this: >> >> <snip> >> Aug 2 17:15:03 nirvana dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Dovecot version >> mismatch: Master is v1.2.12, login is v1.2.13 (if you don't care, set >> version_ignore=yes) >> Aug 2 17:15:03 nirvana dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Dovecot version >> mismatch: Master is v1.2.12, login is v1.2.13 (if you don't care, set >> version_ignore=yes) >> <snip> >> >> So I restarted dovecot -- problem solved. That brought up the >> question, why didn't pacman restart dovecot with some post-install >> something?? So should it have? If it didn't, does this need to be reported? > >Because of KISS? Pacman is a package manager, not a system administration tool. > >Imagine the story with a different daemon: SSH. You ssh into your >box, su, and pacman -Syu. Halfway through the upgrade, openssh gets >updated, which automatically restarts the server, which SIGHUPs >pacman, which is left in an inconsistent state. > >> Let me know. Thanks. >> >> -- >> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. >> Rankin Law Firm, PLLC >> 510 Ochiltree Street >> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 >> Telephone: (936) 715-9333 >> Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 >> www.rankinlawfirm.com >> > > > >-- >Tavian Barnes -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
