From f2c451720de82f9f08b6c11d7838694cc622c536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:08:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] action_utils: Add utility to call systemd daemon-reload

Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa <sunil@medhas.org>
Reviewed-by: Nektarios Katakis <iam@nektarioskatakis.xyz>
---
 plinth/action_utils.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plinth/action_utils.py b/plinth/action_utils.py
index 13842fe4a..afe7b6715 100644
--- a/plinth/action_utils.py
+++ b/plinth/action_utils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ def is_systemd_running():
     return os.path.exists('/run/systemd')
 
 
+def service_daemon_reload():
+    """Reload systemd to ensure that newer unit files are read."""
+    subprocess.run(['systemctl', 'daemon-reload'], check=True,
+                   stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+
 def service_is_running(servicename):
     """Return whether a service is currently running.