On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 01:46:23 +0200 Michelle Sullivan wrote: > Roger Marquis wrote: > > 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. > > +1 to that.
You'd rather an rc script fails at run-time and shuts down the wrong daemon than fail when the script is being developed? _______________________________________________ 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"
