[Buildroot] [PATCH v7 1/1] package/unscd: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Hello,

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:59:29 -0600, rdkehn at yahoo.com wrote:

> A PID file is created by unscd in /var/run/nscd/ when it is started.
> The PID file is deleted when unscd is stopped; however, the
> /var/run/nscd/ directory remains.
> 
> unscd can be started in debug mode (a.k.a foreground, -d option). In
> doing so, PID file creation could be done in the init script as
> requested. The problem I see here is that unscd logs to stderr when
> started in debug mode.
> 
> Do you still prefer a patch for PID file creation in the init
> script?

You can tell start-stop-daemon that the PID file is created by the
daemon itself. Basically, pass just the -p <pid-file> option when
starting and stopping the daemon. As long as you don't pass -m when
starting the daemon, start-stop-daemon does not create the pid file.

See man start-stop-daemon(8) for all the details.

Best regards,

Thomas
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