tags 256790 patch thanks Hello,
This bug is only a request for a clarification on the s-s-d man page. The attached patch is based on Thomas Hood's description. Kind Regards, -- Nekral
Index: man/C/start-stop-daemon.8 =================================================================== --- man/C/start-stop-daemon.8 (révision 256) +++ man/C/start-stop-daemon.8 (copie de travail) @@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ .BR \-V | \-\-version Print version information; then exit. +.SH CAVEATS +You can't use the \-\-exec option to choose the daemon to stop if the file +named by the argument of that option has changed since the process was +started. +The process is not a running instance of the new executable. +.br +In that case, you must either use another option to choose the daemon to +stop, or you must stop the daemon, update the file and restart the daemon. + .SH AUTHORS Marek Michalkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> based on a previous version by Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
