Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 02:36:04 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Adam Lindberg <adam.lindberg@wooga.net> Cc: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pidfile generated by /usr/sbin/daemon not usable by rc.d script Message-ID: <20160606022421.T15883@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <5C74A843-C2EB-424B-9254-0CD68A07E480@wooga.net> References: <mailman.75.1464870067.82158.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20160602230511.W15883@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <5C74A843-C2EB-424B-9254-0CD68A07E480@wooga.net>
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On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 10:18:53 +0200, Adam Lindberg wrote: > We are using FreeBSD 10.1 STABLE. We are trying to demonize an Erlang > program. Erlang itself has support for detaching but cannot write > pidfiles. That˙˙s why we˙˙re trying to use daemon to wrap it. > > My experience is also that read works in all cases without a newline, > except from inside the rc script. That I cannot explain. I'm mystified too. Sounds like raising a bug might be your best bet; it may be come across by someone who knows more or recognises something. Looking at your sh -ex runs, good and fail, the only thing I wonder about is whether running it without -e might make any difference .. although the sourced /etc/rc.subr certainly should be -e safe. cheers, Ian
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