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Bug#222076: marked as done (xdm: init script's execution can be terminated prematurely if invoke-rc.d run from child process of xdm)

Your message dated Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:09:08 +0200
with message-id <4854EA44.6060403@ens-lyon.org>
and subject line closing some old wontfix bugs that we don't need to keep open
has caused the Debian Bug report #222076,
regarding xdm: init script's execution can be terminated prematurely if invoke-rc.d run from child process of xdm
to be marked as done.

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Package: xdm
Version: 4.2.1-13
Severity: important
File: /etc/init.d/xdm

If one issues
# invoke-rc.d xdm stop
from a shell _inside xdm_, PIDFILE is not cleaned up before our shell
process is killed, therefore any subsequent
# invoke-rc.d xdm start
will fail, [even though on the tty it just says 'starting', the bad
news only going into the log.]

The user will probably have to nohup the stop command, or do it from
outside the xdm process tree (e.g. go to tty1)

I did not test restart.

P.S. During my testing
 sh -x /etc/init.d/xdm start 2>&1|tee /tmp/i
didn't release control to the shell, and needed a ^Z bg
for me to be able to type further commands.
-- debconf information:
  xdm/stop_running_server_with_children: false
  xdm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/X11/xdm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: xdm

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--- Begin Message --- 
This bug has been marked as "wontfix" for a while, and I don't think it
is worth keeping it open. So as part of cleaning the BTS, I am just
closing it.

Cheers
Brice

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