[Bug 224428] [NEW] munin-node not restarted after plugin installation

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When installing munin-node the node is not (re)started after installing
plugins:

# apt-get install munin-node
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  libnet-irc-perl mysql-client
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  munin-node
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 616kB of archives.
After this operation, 1348kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 ftp://no.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main munin-node 1.2.5-2ubuntu3 [616kB]
Fetched 616kB in 1s (601kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package munin-node.
(Reading database ... 205175 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking munin-node (from .../munin-node_1.2.5-2ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
Setting up munin-node (1.2.5-2ubuntu3) ...

Configuration file `/etc/munin/munin-node.conf'
 ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
 ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** munin-node.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? I
Installing new version of config file /etc/munin/munin-node.conf ...
Initializing plugins..ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/munin/plugins/ip_0.0.0.0/0': No such file or directory
done.
 * Starting Munin-Node                                                   [ OK ]

# telnet localhost 4949
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
# munin node at localhost.localdomain
list
[empty list here]
quit
Connection closed by foreign host.
root at lookfar:/var/run/munin# cd /etc/munin/plugins/
root at lookfar:/etc/munin/plugins# ls
cpu             if_err_eth0  lpstat                      open_inodes
cpuspeed        if_err_eth1  memory                      proc_pri
df              if_eth0      netstat                     processes
df_inode        if_eth1      ntp_europium_canonical_com  smart_sda
entropy         interrupts   ntp_kernel_err              swap
exim_mailqueue  iostat       ntp_kernel_pll_freq         threads
exim_mailstats  iostat_ios   ntp_kernel_pll_off          users
forks           irqstats     ntp_offset                  vmstat
http_loadtime   load         open_files
root at lookfar:/etc/munin/plugins# /etc/init.d/munin-node restart
 * Stopping Munin-Node                                                   [ OK ]
 * Starting Munin-Node                                                   [ OK ]
root at lookfar:/etc/munin/plugins# telnet localhost 4949
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
# munin node at localhost.localdomain
list
open_inodes http_loadtime irqstats if_eth0 df swap load ntp_offset cpu df_inode open_files ntp_kernel_err forks iostat memory exim_mailqueue vmstat lpstat ntp_europium_canonical_com if_err_eth0 entropy ntp_kernel_pll_freq processes users cpuspeed interrupts netstat iostat_ios smart_sda if_err_eth1 if_eth1 proc_pri threads ntp_kernel_pll_off exim_mailstats
quit

To fix choose one of:
- munin-node-configure runs before starting the node
- restart the node after running munin-node-configure

Thanks,
  Nicolai (also your upstream maintainer for this)

** Affects: munin (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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munin-node not restarted after plugin installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224428
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