(In reply to Dr. Werner Fink from comment #54) > (In reply to Dominique Leuenberger from comment #50) > > In /etc/sysconfig/services there are clear declaration *what+ values are > used: > > ## Path: System/Services > ## Type: yesno > ## Default: no > > ... sorry but if a sytem admin edits this without reading I can not help. > And it should be clear that this works only for the case > > DISABLE_RESTART_ON_UPDATE=1 rpm -Uhv ... > > or > > DISABLE_RESTART_ON_UPDATE=1 zypper up ... and what in case of simply: rpm -Uhv <package>? Sorry Werner: your script would not execute a restart of the service in this case, as UPDATE_ON_RESTART!=no is satisfied and the script exits.