Re: daemons that keep open file descriptors for the terminal

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Nicolas Boullis [Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:46:28 +0200]:

> Hi,

> I have found a few daemons that, when started, keep open file 
> descriptors on the terminal.
> I think this is very annoying because when one starts or restarts such a 
> daemon through a ssh connexion, then it would not close cleanly.
> As far as I understand what a daemon is, they are supposed to close such 
> file descriptors. But afetr a (very) quick look at the policy, I could 
> not find such a requirement.
> I'd be tempted to file such bug as serious ones, but since I can't find 
> a reference in policy or in the release goal, it might as well be minor.

> So my question is: should this be considered release-critical?

No, I don't think they should be RC, though filing all those bugs and
tagging them with an appropriate usertag would be useful for anybody who
would like to work on that.

Thanks,

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Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer                                  adeodato at debian.org
 
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