On Tue 2017-07-11 21:45:22 -0400, Simon Deziel wrote:
> Having a PID file seems to be the easiest way to make both systemd and
> SysV happy.
fwiw, i think that systemd would be happier without a pidfile. using a
pidfile introduces a failure mode (as we see here) that is entirely
unnecessary in a system with proper process supervision.
The fact that systemd *can* do something about a pidfile doesn't mean
that anyone should prefer it. I really hope we can drop pidfiles where
we don't need them.
--dkg
