[systemd-devel] Fwd: [Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#732157: Want SIGSTOP-style daemon/service readiness notification

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and David Timothy Strauss at 16/12/13 08:04 did gyre and
gimble:
> If we supported PIDFile= for Type=simple, daemons could drop a PID
> file to indicate startup completion without having to be full-on
> Type=forking.

Yeah but pidfile is kinda ugly too and has problem when processes are
run as other users (requiring corresponding tmpfiles to create
appropriately name directores).

The amount of code/hassle for proper pid file handling is surely more
complex than sd-notify support?

Col


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