Reloading Apache after installation

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

Hello all,

A user has reported that after installation of phpbb, the package
doesn't work right away, but Apache needs to be reloaded first. That's
correct, since we only install the relevant configuration and do no
reload apache in our scripts.

It seems that other packages are reloading Apache, so I'd like to put
this question here to see what behaviour would be best. And in that
case, incorporate it into the webapps policy so we all act the same way.


I'd like to hear thoughts on this issue.

regards,
Thijs

[sean finney]

hey thijs,

Post by Thijs Kinkhorst
It seems that other packages are reloading Apache, so I'd like to put
this question here to see what behaviour would be best. And in that
case, incorporate it into the webapps policy so we all act the same way.

i think reloading is the most sensible approach to take. re*start*ing
might affect other parts of the site, apps, clients, etc, but reloading
shouldn't. furthermore, doing nothing might cause problems later on
if there is a problem with the new configuration, and the admin won't
know about it until later.

of course, the apache2 package currently disregards the concept
of reloading, and restarts the server anyway, but i think we should
still call reload on principle and hope that they work that little
problem out :)

anyway, this would be a good addition to 5.1.2 in the docs i think.


sean