Why using --nodetach and then rc_bg=YES ?
Without the --nodetach flag, the Sphinx daemon doesn't keep listening on the
specified inet ports. (There very well may be a bug in this version of
Sphinx, especially considering it's age, but that's beyond my skills.)
According to the searchd(1) man page, it states:
--nodetach
Do not 'daemonize', or, do not detach into background. Apart debug
purposes, this switch is useful when you manage sphinx with upstart
init daemon. In this case actual 'daemonizing' will be done by
upstart itself, and also all tasks like starting, stopping,
reloading the config and respawning on crash will be done by the
system, not the sphinx.
Using the --nodetach flag, in combination with rc_bg allows rcctl to
reliability control the searchd process. I tried numerous other
combinations, and they only proved partially successful or failed
completely.
--
Jay Williams
