Hi fellow devs start-stop-daemon binary in baselayout-2 will require the use of the --name or --pidfile argument in --start if the binary in question changes it's process name.
This also applies to any interpreted daemon, such as ddclient or amavisd which are perl programs. This is because according to the kernel, perl is the executable and not ddclient or amavisd. Of course, this also applies to shell, ruby, python and all the other interpreted programs too. baselayout-2 requires this so it can track daemons and work out if they have crashed or not, or even started correctly. Also, some people use the following statement start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --signal HUP --exec /some/daemon To send signals to daemons, but not stop them. That incredibly long winded, so alpha2 will support the following start-stop-daemon --signal HUP --exec /some/daemon Thanks Roy -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
