[systemd-devel] systemctl condreload - Is it a thing?

Ian Pilcher arequipeno at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 16:26:02 UTC 2019


On 1/30/19 10:19 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> The official name for "condreload" is "try-reload-or-restart". The
> "condreload" name is supported still to make things easier for compat
> cases, but I'd recommend not using it anymore. It's unlikely to go
> away anytime soon though.

Makes sense.  (I suspected that might be the case, but I was thrown off
by the "or-restart" part.)

> Generally, in systemd when we want to de-emphasize something redundant
> or deprecated stuff we stop documenting it while still supporting it,
> so that people stop using it slowly.

Well, that's one way to increase mailing list traffic.  ;-)

Thanks!

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