Re: Bug#1307: Netbase fails due to running daemons

["Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>]

Ian Jackson wrote:
> Ah.  Is netbase using start-stop-daemon (as it should be) ?
> 
> chiark:~> start-stop-daemon --help
> Debian GNU/Linux start-stop-daemon 0.93.68.  Copyright (C) 1995
> Ian Jackson.  This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence
> version 2 or later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.
> 
> Usage: start-stop-daemon --start | --stop | --version|--help  options ...
> Options:  --test  --oknodo    --exec <executable>  --pidfile <pid-file>
>           --quiet|--verbose   --user <username>|<uid>  --name <process-name>
>           --signal <signal>  --startas <pathname>
>           -- <... all of the rest are arguments to daemon ...>
>  Be careful - try not to call without --exec.  `start-stop-daemon --stop'
>  would send a SIGTERM to every process, if it weren't specially prevented.
> 
> Exit status:  0 = done  1 = nothing done (=> 0 if --oknodo)  2 = trouble
> chiark:~>
> 
> As you can see, start-stop-daemon gives an exit status of 1 if it
> doesn't do anything.  netbase should probably be using --oknodo.

netbase already uses --oknodo.


Peter

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