[Bug 1967490] [NEW] systemd: apcupsd daemon parent exits before the child creates the pid file

Public bug reported: The apcupsd.service file in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (amd64) includes the following lines: Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/apcupsd.pid The systemd documentation (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html), searching for "Type=forking", reports the

[Bug 1967490] Re: systemd: apcupsd daemon parent exits before the child creates the pid file

** Description changed: The apcupsd.service file in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (amd64) includes the following lines: Type=forking PIDFile=/var/run/apcupsd.pid The systemd documentation (https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html), searching for "Type=forking",

[Bug 1967490] Re: systemd: apcupsd daemon parent exits before the child creates the pid file

The apcupsd developers answered to my report on their mailing list. See https://sourceforge.net/p/apcupsd/mailman/apcupsd- users/thread/CAKb_4nSxZCH_cFqXhb3N3t8ArFN_tn7ZiTTR5MCqBREDDiSyuQ%40mail.gmail.com/#msg37639690 At present time the only workaround it seems to be recompiling adding the