RW via freebsd-ports wrote:
It needs both. It won't use just the pid file because the pid might have been reassigned to another process if the original daemon died without deleting its pid file.
Why would this rc script *require* a command_interpreter variable to use the pidfile variable? I'm curious because this violates KIS, the principle of least surprise and few rc scripts seem to have this variable defined. Using command_interpreter is good to be sure, for for the reason listed, but rc scripts should not fail if it is undefined. IMO, Roger Marquis _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
