sleep n is a nasty way to paper over a race and will always break in some situation somewhere. Better to remove the race entirely:
--- /home/joey/rc.klogd 2006-01-09 23:15:11.000000000 -0500
+++ rc.klogd 2006-01-09 23:16:23.000000000 -0500
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping kernel log daemon: klogd"
- start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --retry TERM/1/TERM/1/TERM/4/KILL --quiet --exec
$binpath --pidfile $pidfile
echo "."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting kernel log daemon: klogd"
- start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
- sleep 1
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --retry TERM/1/TERM/1/TERM/4/KILL --quiet --exec
$binpath --pidfile $pidfile
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $KLOGD
echo "."
;;
I wonder if syslogd has the same race?
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see shy jo
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