If libvirt-daemon-config-network is installed while libvirtd is already running, the daemon doesn't notice the network. Users then have to manually restart libvirtd (or reboot) to pick up the network. Instead let's trigger a daemon restart when the package is first installed. Then the default network is available immediately if libvirtd was already running. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867546 --- v2: Send the patch with actual try-restart/condrestart Plain restart is kind of suboptimal since it will drop all open libvirt connections. Ideally we would use reload which is meant for this case, but it's kinda crashy with current git: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-April/msg01624.html And in fact daemon restart is what the spec triggers on libvirt-daemon upgrade anyways, so this isn't anything new WRT packaging. libvirt.spec.in | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in index 35212da..4eff5ae 100644 --- a/libvirt.spec.in +++ b/libvirt.spec.in @@ -1849,6 +1849,14 @@ if test $1 -eq 1 && test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml ; < %{_datadir}/libvirt/networks/default.xml \ > %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml ln -s ../default.xml %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml + + # Make sure libvirt picks up the new network defininiton + %if %{with_systemd} + /bin/systemctl try-restart libvirtd.service >/dev/null 2>&1 ||: + %else + /sbin/service libvirtd condrestart > /dev/null 2>&1 || : + %endif + fi %endif