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Subject: bug#22039: 'guix system reconfigure' must start/restart/stop services
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:32:10 +0100
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> Currently =E2=80=98guix system reconfigure=E2=80=99 doesn=E2=80=99t try t=
o dynamically update
> the set of running services, which is a shame.
>
> A simple strategy would be to have it:
>
>   1. Stop and unregister services currently known to dmd that are
>      missing in the new configuration.
>
>   2. Load and start (if they have =E2=80=98auto-start?=E2=80=99) services=
 that are in
>      the new configuration and currently unknown to dmd.
>
>   3. The rest is the most difficult part: dealing with services that
>      already exist but that have changed (see below.)

Commit 240b57f implements #1 and #2.

Ludo=E2=80=99.