Patch for BusyBox httpd

[Rich Felker]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 05:05:19PM +0200, Richard Braun wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 04:55:39PM +0200, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote:
> > > The problem with start-stop-daemon is that it relies on the daemon to
> > > create its PID file. When the daemon doesn't, it usually provides an
> > > option to force running in the foreground, so that you can use
> > > start-stop-daemon with --background and --make-pidfile. The problem with
> > > busybox httpd is that it doesn't provide such an option. 
> > 
> > What about adding the option to go in foreground and leave the pid
> > writing task to start-stop-daemon then?
> 
> It's one solution, but usually, a daemon is designed to run in the
> background, so using an option to run in the foreground for a daemon
> designed to run in the background is not really logic. The usual way,
> again, is that the daemon has an option to write his PID file. The
> best implementation has both : it can write the PID file, and it
> can run in the foreground, depending on the user options.

I agree, this is a much more sane approach. I never understood the
obsession with start-stop-daemon.

Rich