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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:17:23
Message-Id: 200612231514.53331.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles by Enrico Weigelt
1 On Saturday 23 December 2006 14:50, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
2 > Well, I just sync'ed and `emerge -puD system` doesn't show up anything
3 > todo, and I didn't mask out anything. So can I assume my init system
4 > is up to date ?
5
6 i'm pretty sure he's talking about the 1.13 series which he's put a lot of
7 time into
8
9 > If the lookup would go directly to checking things like pidfiles
10 > (where applicable) instead of the flag files, such problems would
11 > (IMHO) be entirely fixed.
12
13 well that's why it's just your opinion and not actual fact ... pidfiles are
14 not completely reliable
15 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>