Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:14:37 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-arch <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: New library: libpidfile. Message-ID: <20050824171437.GA755@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20050824134540.GA94265@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20050822213028.GB4812@garage.freebsd.pl> <ygek6id48nn.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <20050823080754.GA47261@garage.freebsd.pl> <20050823202656.GB30465@funkthat.com> <20050824134540.GA94265@comp.chem.msu.su>
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--Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 05:45:40PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: +> > /me just checked NetBSD and OpenBSD's code at: +> > http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libutil/pidfile.c?rev=3D1.= 7&content-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup +> > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libutil/pidfile.c?rev=3D= 1.7&content-type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup +> >=20 +> > Neither, of these are safe to prevent multiple daemons from starting +> > up at the same time... Both NetBSD and OpenBSD doesn't even check if +> > a daemon is running.. it just blindly splats the pid into the file.. +>=20 +> Of course, giving advices is much easier than doing the real work, +> but I dare suggest cooperation with NetBSD and OpenBSD on this issue +> so that eventually we have a good and compatible implementation of +> the pidfile API in *BSD. I believe that the NetBSD and OpenBSD +> folks won't take offence if approached with a well-grounded explanation +> of why their current pidfile functions suck. They are of course free to adpot pidfile(3) and I'll gladly provide all needed explanations if they'll ask me. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDDKr9ForvXbEpPzQRAtyJAJ9QH9CixrM4vgH6g2qwoAVvvmQBcgCg9zjc +V5BcBYqgYbb86d7nMY4GjA= =saAv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE--
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