Bug#668958: lsb-base: pidofproc doesn't return correct status for daemons without pidfile

Adrian Fita <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.lsb
Message-ID <4F8BE162.7040102__35798.2371155687$1334567367$gmane$org@gmail.com>
On 16/04/12 11:23, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:

[...]

> This patch (besides being reversed) makes all "pidofproc with
> unspecified pidfile name" calls call /bin/pidof, which is undesired IMHO.
>
> I propose the attached patch, that only resorts to calling /bin/pidof
> when the pidfile is provably inexistant and when it wasn't specified at
> first.
>
> Can you please test it and report back?

You're rigth. Your patch is better. I tested it and works fine.

> Cheers, OdyX

Thanks.
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Fita Adrian
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