On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:19:55AM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:46:02 +0100 > Mike Gabriel <mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote: > > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Mike Gabriel <mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> > > > > * Package name : python-daemonize > > Version : 2.2.1 > > Upstream Author : Ilya Otyutskiy <ilya.otyuts...@icloud.com> > > * URL : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/daemonize > > * License : Expat > > Programming Lang: Python > > Description : Python module for writing system daemons > > How does this compare to python-daemon which already exists in Debian > and which does the same job? Hi, this probably should wait until [1] is resolved.
Nevertheless, looking at http://daemonize.sourceforge.net/daemonize.txt, this package is racy: the parent exits before child is ready (or even executed). This means that it cannot be used to reliably start a dameon. A nice write-up of what is necessary is in [2]. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727708 [2] http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/daemon.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org