On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:01:38 +0100, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:24:46PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: >> Well, it's obvious it's the best approach if you're willing to do it. ;-) > >It's three lines of code to write a PID file, and it's the best approach >to make sure you don't break stuff.
How many seconds until the "please make pidfile location configurable" wishlist bug? >> As a Debian packager, though, I would most likely just trust the authors >> of start-stop-daemon and its --make-pidfile. > >--make-pidfile, --exec, and friends, are all ugly workarounds for buggy >daemons that can't write a pidfile. And I think that it is less broken to use them than to patch third-party software. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
