[495] in testers
named database reloading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Dec 14 23:11:17 1989
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 89 23:10:51 -0500
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@PIT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU>
To: testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Richard writes:
>Actually, "kill -HUP" has never really worked properly. The problem
>this time is that your cache still has various entries listed and the
>TTL has not yet expired. This is why it concatenated the information.
>
>The man-page never claims that it flushes the database when you send it
>a SIGHUP, though I admit, it is ambiguous given a familiarity with the
>previous behavior.
Yes, it is ambiguous. Therefore, it should be documented in the man
page. The man page should state exactly what sending a SIGHUP to the
running named process will do.
I don't know if this was the conclusion you reached after my last
message, because your last paragraph above leaves me wondering whether
you agree that the man page should be changed or not. I think it
should. So, I'm asking, just so that I am clear about what you are
saying, are you considering this a bug in the man page that you plan
on eventually fixing, or are you ignoring it?
jik
