# [OmniOS-discuss] UPDATE NOW --> ntp to 4.2.8p4

Volker A. Brandt vab at bb-c.de
Thu Oct 22 23:20:16 UTC 2015

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    Eric Sproul writes:
    > The service has restarted correctly for me on both 006 and 014 with
    > this update.  I'm not sure why that is though, because you're
    > correct that the ntp.xml file has not changed in all of the '014
    > versions published.  I was under the impression that the
    > restart_fmri actuator would only fire when the associated action was
    > triggered.

    Yes, that's why it did not restart on my 014 box, hence I noticed.
    Maybe you were on an earlier rev where the manifest really did change?
    I guess it also restarted when Dan tested, or else he would not have
    mentioned that pkg DTRT.

    > However, if we really *do* want to restart ntp when the *daemon*
    > updates, then we could add a restart_fmri actuator on the
    > usr/lib/inet/ntpd file.  Thus, whenever that file is updated,
    > svc:/network/ntp:default could be restarted.

    It's been a while since I last tried, but I think this will not work,
    at least not in some corner cases, e.g. when the pkg is not installed
    at all, and the svc:/network/ntp:default service does not exist when
    the pkg is installed.  ISTR that pkg install will error out.  Hmmm,
    need to test that again sometimes. :-)

    Regards -- Volker
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