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[PATCH] services: nginx: Add reload action

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From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: EuAndreh <eu <at> euandre.org>
Cc: 58405 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#58405] [PATCH] services: nginx: Add reload action
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:51:50 +0100

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EuAndreh via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org> writes:

> In a new "reload" shepherd-action, send a SIGHUP to the NGINX master
> process, so that it can re-read the configuration file and start new
> worker processes.
>
> * gnu/services/web.scm (nginx-shepherd-service): Add the "reload"
>   shepherd-action
> ---
>  gnu/services/web.scm | 15 +++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

With the NGinx service currently, you need to restart it to change the
NGinx binary or configuration file.

What's the purpose of the reload action here given that neither the
binary or configuration file being used will change?

Thanks,

Chris

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