From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LoIYm-0005Hg-Hq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:33:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6914AE071C; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f163.google.com (mail-ew0-f163.google.com [209.85.219.163]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD19E071C for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so1796035ewy.34 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:33:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=hzMw8WeJBimUcXX0oQ1xPIUWX3wLE2DRA7UjizkZbKQ=; b=v/EvdlYIxItd7HNkTUGkhU7uW9vKOOlvC6QNF0WsClI2lhd6tt82slV+/Ez3wSmPdo v3xBWepm9lBHlrVBQ3cMgo6TnFPz3fZ+1Z6PFQ6uhuFUL+yg5b3V3Y1EzSMahi/4iUt7 g7wjAeAzAem/AQJEtv0u64a/KLLJXCSn6jjK0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=MLUrCnUVcaHEJ8GmPYjv79w5Z21gKEyEkZhnsSo1oYi7xGZs6B2nnKwjkswaBKEupX 63Vk2XeHdX/zPI/n7purz4Opkhigb9lqyB8o+od+7m8OgXtWgX4595ILBWp4oyACRooz WRSeGizi66QIZfct8U7jqNhpf1Dff4a7kJaRQ= Received: by 10.216.27.78 with SMTP id d56mr1652693wea.164.1238423634521; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm374052eyz.59.2009.03.30.07.33.53 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:33:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] reload etc conf files Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:32:22 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.1 (Linux/2.6.29-gentoo; KDE/4.2.1; x86_64; ; ) References: <49D0D646.3090802@logiquefloue.org> In-Reply-To: <49D0D646.3090802@logiquefloue.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903301632.22197.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4711bb28-1f34-4d5b-a521-ef82fa0593f6 X-Archives-Hash: 5d494a3778d64cdd26d3b117dfe8e3e4 On Monday 30 March 2009 16:25:10 laurent wrote: > Hi, > > I finished etc-updates with a lot of files, is there a way or even need > to make all application reload the updated configuration files? Yes, it's called a reboot. Nothing else will get the job done and guarantee it's done right without errors. The better way is to just look at the files that were changed, decide for yourself if they need to be restarted and if so restart them manually. If this reply sounds snarky, it's because your question is actually nonsensical from a Unix perspective (although probably quite reasonable from a human perspective). This is a situation that requires either a sledgehammer approach or intelligent human intervention. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com