[libvirt PATCH 5/8] rpm: Remove custom libvirtd restart logic

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 03:45:11PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 04:39:39PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > This logic was necessary when socket activation was introduced
> > in libvirt 5.6.0/5.7.0 in order to guarantee smooth upgrades.
> >
> > These days, even the oldest platform that we target ships a
> > version of libvirtd that implements socket activation, so the
> > additional code is no longer useful and we can treat libvirtd
> > the same as all other services.
>
> The upgrade path though can come from a platform that we
> don't support, but we do support upgrade from.
>
> eg we don't support RHEL-8, but upgrades from 8 -> 9 are
> supported. I think it is premature to declare this upgrade
> code no longer useful.

We do target RHEL 8 still :)

RHEL 8 got libvirt 6.0.0, which comes with socket activation support,
back in 2020 with RHEL 8.3. Based on our support policy we only
consider the latest point release a valid target anyway, but in this
case we should absolutely be in the clear.

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Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization