Bug#992661: nfs-utils: nfs-kernel-server shouldn't be restarted on update

From	Vincent Vanlaer <debian@volkihar.be>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#992661: nfs-utils: nfs-kernel-server shouldn't be restarted on update
Date	2021-08-22 00:40 +0200
Message-ID	<COHOF-1Ba-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Package: nfs-utils
Version: 1:1.3.4-6
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

Currently, the postinst script for nfs-kernel-server restarts
nfs-kernel-server on update.  This is completely stops the NFS server,
killing all connections, as explained in rpc.nfsd(8). While clients will
reconnect, this seems to be an unnecessary interuption. Moreover, should
for some reason the NFS server fail te start, then the consequences are
more severe.

Therefore, I suggest that nfs-kernel-server/nfs-server should not but
restarted on package updates. In which way this is accomplished isn't
entirely clear to me as other services restart with nfs-server, and it
may be advised to restart those on upgrade.

Thoughts?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.9
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.13.12-arch1-1 (SMP w/8 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

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