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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Ben Laurie <be...@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk> on 1996/11/19 17:01:30 UTC

Re: 1.2b1 status Nov 19th

Paul Richards wrote:
> 
> Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com> writes:
> 
> > Bugs:
> > 	-=-=-=-=-=-
> > 	SIGUSR1/graceful restarts 
> > 
> > 	Problem: Under FreeBSD, this is lethal. USR1 followed by HUP takes down
> > 	te server. Paul S (?) reported annoying processes after a USR1.
> > 	
> > 	To do: Is there any documentation on this ? If there is, add a huge
> > 	warning. 
> > 
> > 	patch to warn people away (via comments) committed.
> > 
> > 	bug confirmed by Brian on BSDI.
> 
> We need to document that a graceful restart is not the same as a full
> restart. You can't change the port number for instance.

Yes you can. Or, at least, you should be able to.

Cheers,

Ben.

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