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| author | David N. Welton <[email protected]> | 2018-04-27 01:09:09 -0700 |
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| committer | Siri Hansen <[email protected]> | 2018-04-27 10:09:09 +0200 |
| commit | 0aa02c13f0d213da983bc01cab8be737e7aa751a (patch) | |
| tree | a5a8e3f10fa7480fc6fc2134c328144d299244ea | |
| parent | 9d18ba07159b414af1b60b5cd2e34755338358d2 (diff) | |
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Add a bit of documentation about restart_application (#1582)
It is now explicitly stated that if the application type is `load`, the
application will not actually be restarted by the `restart_application`
instruction in relup, even if it is currently running. It will only be stopped
and re-loaded.
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml index a43a966dcb..d9d339884f 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/appup.xml @@ -249,9 +249,17 @@ <pre> {restart_application, Application} Application = atom()</pre> - <p>Restarting an application means that the application is - stopped and then started again, similar to using the instructions - <c>remove_application</c> and <c>add_application</c> in sequence.</p> + <p>Restarting an application means that the application is stopped + and then started again, similar to using the instructions + <c>remove_application</c> and <c>add_application</c> in sequence. + Note that, even if the application has been started before the + release upgrade is performed, <c>restart_application</c> may only + <c>load</c> it rather than <c>start</c> it, depending on the + application's <c>start type</c>: + If <c>Type = load</c>, the application is only loaded. + If <c>Type = none</c>, the application is not loaded and not + started, although the code for its modules is loaded. + </p> </section> <section> |