On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]> wrote: > [Felix, John, we're discussing the integration of babeld (a routing daemon) > with procd. By default, babeld creates a pidfile, which can be disabled > with "-I ''" on babeld's command line. Unfortunately, it turns out that > procd is unable to pass an empty argument to babeld.] > >> There lies the rub. If you have a deployed machine on a rooftop >> somewhere, it is better to restart the daemon automagically and log the >> action rather than attempt to debug it. > > We're in full agreement here. Babeld shouldn't crash, ever. However, > should it crash, the crash should be logged somewhere and babeld restarted. > > As Gabriel mentioned, the issue is with procd being unable to pass an > empty argument. A simple workaround would be to hack babeld to interpret > "-I none" as a synonym of "-I ''", but this issue should really be fixed > in procd. > > So, folks, please: > > 1. file a bug against procd; > 2. provide me with a useful report if you manage to get babeld to crash; > 3. let me know if you want me to implement the "-I none" hack in babeld > and release it as 1.5.2; it will cost you one beer, non tax-deductible.
Cheap at the price. I note that merely treating an argument of /dev/null specially communicates the intent to not create a pidfile. > -- Juliusz > > P.S. Baptiste, please forward this mail to openwrt-devel, which pitylessly > rejects my mails. -- Dave Täht https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/make-wifi-fast _______________________________________________ Babel-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
