[torqueusers] torque daemons can not be stopeed during uninstall

[Steve Young]

	No I don't use rpm versions of torque server because too many times  
you get all sorts of dependancy problems. I'd rather compile it  
against the libs I currently have installed on the server.

  I do expect that for rpm packages (that I do use), when I tell it to  
remove the package that it actually does stop the daemon and remove  
the package. That seems to be the way most rpm's work. I would be a  
little confused to remove the rpm and find that afterwards there is  
still the daemon running? I could see using an rpm package for the  
client nodes (pbs_mom).  There I would still expect that a uninstall  
would stop the daemon and then remove the package.

	For me, It's much easier to compile the app and when I need to make  
changes/upgrades I can compile another version and a quick stop of the  
daemon and start of the new daemon will get me running. If there are  
problems I can quickly revert back to the previous version. Suppose I  
remove the rpm package and try to install a new version only to find  
out that because of dependancies that I can't install the new version.  
Now I'm stuck and I hope I can re-install the old version of the  
package and get everything configured back the way I had it. This is  
why I don't like to use rpm's for certain server applications.

	I do understand your point Garrick, and I agree with you about  
torque. It can be a tricky beast sometimes. I'm just pointing out that  
as an Admin I would actually expect that an rpm package would stop the  
daemon and remove it.  Why would anyone not want it removed if that's  
what they asked for?

-Steve



On Dec 9, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Garrick Staples wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 03:43:35PM -0500, Steve Young alleged:
>> Hi,
>> 	I would have to agree that if I were (dumb enough) to run the rpm
>> command to remove the package on a production system that it would
>> work like most all other rpm's.... run the init script to stop the
>> daemon and remove it. This is why I wouldn't use an rpm for  
>> torque....
>> I would rather compile/configure it myself.
>
> You don't use the rpm because of behaviour that it doesn't actually  
> do?
>
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