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Excerpts from Chris Jones's message of 2014-06-26 12:37:55 -0700:
> On 26 Jun 2014, at 20:20, Clint Byrum <clint at fewbar.com> wrote:
> > we should just have a file in /var/run that
> 
> > Whenever a new version is detected, os-collect-config would set a value
> > in the environment that informs the command "this is a new version of
> 
> I like the idea of exposing the fact that a new config version has arrived, to o-r-c scripts, but...
> 
> >  if !service X status ; then service X start
> 
> ... I always worry when I see suggestions to have periodic state-assertion tasks take care of starting services that are not running, but in this case I will try to calm my nerves with the knowledge that service(1) is almost certainly talking to a modern init which is perfectly capable of supervising daemons :D

Let's not focus on the else, but the primary condition which is "If we
changed, restart". The point is, if we didn't change, try not to be
disruptive.