Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.0.2 Severity: wishlist It would be nice to have --stderr, --stdout and --stdin options to control the IO of the daemon process. This seems to be a common requirement with badly behaved server processes. Some background links:
http://serverfault.com/questions/162602/stdout-stderr-redirects-in-start-stop-daemon http://bugs.gentoo.org/138409 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/writing-debian-init-script-for-process-that-has-no-syslog-integration-881500/ -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 8.5-1 GNU core utilities ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.11.2-13 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libselinux1 2.0.98-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.8.10.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org