From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57710 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933252AbcGLPWm (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:22:42 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bMzW7-0003pO-Or for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:22:35 +0200 Received: from ip-64-134-228-164.public.wayport.net ([64.134.228.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:22:35 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip-64-134-228-164.public.wayport.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:22:35 +0200 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: add option to run balance as daemon Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:22:29 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20160621151659.32157-1-ahferroin7@gmail.com> <20160711072612.GA1417185@mother.pipebreaker.pl> <63dba99e-cf1c-63f5-bee6-548270b7a653@gmail.com> <20160711165822.GB1417185@mother.pipebreaker.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Austin S. Hemmelgarn posted on Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:25:24 -0400 as excerpted: > As far as daemonization, I have no man-page called daemon in section > seven, yet I have an up-to-date upstream copy of the Linux man pages. My > guess is that this is a systemd man page, which in turn means it does a > bunch of stuff that's only needed for system services on systemd based > systems. Your guess would appear to be correct, as my systemd package includes a daemon manpage, here (gentoo). As for the general debate, while I'm a systemd user, I definitely support it remaining optional, which means things need to work without it, too. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman