* Jan Stary: > Why does /et/rc.d/pccard say stop_cmd=":"? This does, of course, not > 'stop' pccardd.
After checking with several rc scripts, I noticed that stop_cmd is a null command for all the programs that don't have a well-defined pid file. Programs for which the pid file location is not predictable cannot be stopped by the rc mechanism. For example, ppp-user starts ppp, which in turn could create any number of processes, depending on the configuration, and thus any number of pid files. Then, a basic "stop" cannot be achieved, because it relies on a well-defined pid file. If you think pccardd can be improved, define pidfile in the rc script to /var/run/pccardd.pid like what is done in syslogd, it will automatically be used when stopping pccardd if you remove the stop_cmd definition. And submit a PR if you think it's worth. Cheers, -- Jean-Baptiste Quenot http://caraldi.com/jbq/
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