GNU bug report logs - #26830
Allow services to implement a 'reload' action

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Message #76 received at 26830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Oleg Pykhalov
 <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>, 26830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>,
 zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [bug#26830] Allow services to implement a 'reload' action
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:14:21 +0100

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Ludovic Courtès schreef op za 26-03-2022 om 21:46 [+0100]:
> I like the clarity of ‘-c /gnu/store/…-config’ better than the ambient
> authority and ambiguity of ‘/etc/config’, but I guess we have to made a
> tradeoff.

How about something in-between:

  /run/current-system/SOME-SUBDIRECTORY/etc/config

That way, there is less potential for non-atomicity problems caused by
individual files in /etc/...

Greetings,
Maxime.

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