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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo developers <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:42:43
Message-Id: 20061218173905.GA30713@nibiru.local
1 Hi folks,
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4 the bug 139243 shows an possible problem in the init.d system:
5 it stores the service status in /var/lib/init.d/started and
6 of course refuses to start an certain service if its already
7 there (at least if "zap" not given).
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9 This is okay, as long as services don't die abnormally, as my
10 ntpd did in bug 139243 - in this case init.d thinks it's already
11 running and so of course refuses to start it.
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13 The main problem is that init.d relies on its own status flag,
14 but does not check any pidfile and so has wrong information.
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16 Is there already any way for telling it to use some pidfile ?
17 The files in /var/lib/init.d/deamons already contain pidfiles,
18 so this could be used.
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20
21 cu
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24 Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
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26 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
27 http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
28 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
29 http://patches.metux.de/
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Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o>