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Date:      Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:46:25 +0000
From:      Dag-Erling=?utf-8?Q? Sm=C3=B8rg?=rav <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   git: c7460134fb26 - stable/13 - lpd: Add -F flag to prevent daemonizing
Message-ID:  <69a845c1.26999.7802cbd5@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/13 has been updated by des:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c7460134fb26bd41ed8da0f666b445d705e4cff2

commit c7460134fb26bd41ed8da0f666b445d705e4cff2
Author:     Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-04-03 17:51:56 +0000
Commit:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-04 14:46:05 +0000

    lpd: Add -F flag to prevent daemonizing
    
    This is necessary for use with supervision, e.g. runit.
    
    I chose -F simply because that is what the folks at LPRng use.
    
    Approved by:            pfg, gad, ngie
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29566
    
    (cherry picked from commit 3c6366067036d4573528309a0a4d3b52e2a76ae7)
---
 usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 | 11 +++++++++++
 usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
index dbd8ee9b797c..aaab2923fd48 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ This means that
 will not accept any connections from any remote
 hosts, although it will still accept print requests
 from all local users.
+.It Fl F
+By default,
+.Nm
+will daemonize into the background.
+The
+.Fl F
+flag causes
+.Nm
+to remain in the foreground.
+Logging is still performed with
+.Xr syslog 3 .
 .It Fl W
 By default, the
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c
index 21e8997bd87d..19456c9406df 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)lpd.c	8.7 (Berkeley) 5/10/95";
 
 int	lflag;				/* log requests flag */
 int	sflag;				/* no incoming port flag */
+int	Fflag;				/* run in foreground flag */
 int	from_remote;			/* from remote socket */
 
 int		 main(int argc, char **_argv);
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		errx(EX_NOPERM,"must run as root");
 
 	errs = 0;
-	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "cdlpswW46")) != -1)
+	while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "cdlpswFW46")) != -1)
 		switch (i) {
 		case 'c':
 			/* log all kinds of connection-errors to syslog */
@@ -182,6 +183,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			syslog(LOG_WARNING,
 			    "NOTE: please change your lpd config to use -W");
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		case 'F':
+			Fflag++;
+			break;
 		case 'W':
 			/* allow connections coming from a non-reserved port */
 			/* (done by some lpr-implementations for MS-Windows) */ 
@@ -262,12 +266,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			     WEXITSTATUS(status));
 	}
 
-#ifndef DEBUG
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	Fflag++;
+#endif
 	/*
-	 * Set up standard environment by detaching from the parent.
+	 * Set up standard environment by detaching from the parent
+	 * if -F not specified
 	 */
-	daemon(0, 0);
-#endif
+	if (Fflag == 0) {
+		daemon(0, 0);
+	}
 
 	openlog("lpd", LOG_PID, LOG_LPR);
 	syslog(LOG_INFO, "lpd startup: logging=%d%s%s", lflag,
@@ -930,9 +938,9 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
 #ifdef INET6
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsW46] [port#]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsFW46] [port#]\n");
 #else
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsW] [port#]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsFW] [port#]\n");
 #endif
 	exit(EX_USAGE);
 }


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