Re: [gentoo-user] Safe systemd "reload" command

[Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>]

On 06/05/2016 03:23 AM, J. García wrote:
> I run systemd , but I have not tested your script, as of now I'm not
> using spamassassin, but I will at some time in near future; but looking
> at the script, I see some problems, you run the OpenRC restart commands
> even if systemd is available, further it doesn't know which one is
> running, as both can be installed(And are installed if using systemd),

That's what the "/etc/init.d/spamd status" command is meant to check.
The "... status" will only return success if you are running spamd via
openrc. Likewise, as I understand it (but haven't tested), the
"systemctl try-restart spamassassin" command will only work if you are
*using* systemd and the spamassassin service is running. They should be
harmless otherwise.

For example...

  # spamd --daemonize
  # /etc/init.d/spamd status
   * status: stopped
  # echo $?
  3

If on the first line I had done "systemctl start spamassassin.service",
I should get the same result, so the openrc reload commands will be
skipped for systemd users.

I did take your suggestion and check for rc-service though. I shouldn't
count on openrc being in @system forever.