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Subject: Re: Who actually gets the TERM signal in "runsvctrl down"?
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Lloyd Zusman wrote:

> It also documents that the signals will work.  But I want to use the
> command line options, in case some future version of apache kills the
> daemons in a different way, or perhaps does some cleanup before sending
> the signal.

If you try to solve problems you don't already know that people have, you 
create unnecessary complexity. Always start with the simplest possible 
program.
    Russell Nelson

Parts that don't exist can't break.
    Russell Nelson

> > In that case why use runit at all?
> 
> Because I want the apache daemon to automatically be restarted in case
> it dies.

So restart it in the simplest and most reliable way possible.

> For now, I'll take my chances with "httpd -k stop".

You can lead a horse to water ....

---
Charlie