#27889 - Polkit actions are not updated after guix system reconfigure

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Subject: Re: bug#27889: Polkit actions are not updated after guix system
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Oops!

That's indeed still broken.

But gnu/services/shepherd.scm shepherd-service-file could be extended to provide a "restart" action (shepherd itself already supports it).

The general format for shepherd is:

(register-services
  (make <service>
        #:provides '(apache-2.0 apache httpd)
        #:requires '()
        #:start (...)
        #:stop (...)
        #:actions (make-actions
                   (restart (...)))))
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

But the Guix <shepherd-service> record, which is the source that is eventually compiled to the above, neither has an "actions" slot nor a "restart" slot.  It would have to be extended with one.

I wonder whether it would make sense to make shepherd automatically default to a SIGHUP restart action for daemonized processes instead, though.  It's not exactly rare for daemons to provide that.

Also, does "guix system reconfigure" already call this restart action if it's present?

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#27889 Polkit actions are not updated after guix system reconfigure