[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmq-server restart also restarts epmd

[Garrett Smith]

I wanted to post here before digging into this, but the Debian control
scripts for rabbitmq appear to affecting a restart of epmd:

# pgrep epmd
28133
# /etc/init.d/rabbitmq-server restart
Restarting rabbitmq-server: SUCCESS
rabbitmq-server.
# pgrep epmd
29027

Needless to say, this makes other registered Erlang nodes running on
the server very cranky :)

Is this by design? Is there a preferred way to restart rabbitmq on Debian?

Thanks,
Garrett