[gentoo-server] minimize service downtime during package updates

[Maik Musall]

Hello,

I find it difficult to minimize service downtime for things like apache
when the package is to be updated. If I stop the service before
emerging, downtime is longer than necessary since during the compile
stage it could stay running. On the other hand, when I don't stop the
service before emerge exchanges the binaries, things can become unstable
(initscripts reporting service running but it isn't, or vice versa,
segfaulting running binaries...).

Ideal would be an emerge option that asks back for confirmation just
before exchanging files. But that doesn't seem to exist.

How do you handle this problem?

Thanks
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