Am 02.07.2011 19:52, schrieb Samuel Thibault: > Package: fetchmail > Version: 6.3.19-1 > Severity: normal > > Hello, > > I run two fetchmail daemones, one using idle mode for one imap account, > and one in batch mode for all the other ones. I'm thus using the -f and > --pidfile option so that they don't interfere with each other. However, > I can't trigger the batch one to proceed: > > $ fetchmail -f .fetchmailrc-all --pidfile .fetchmail.pid-all > fetchmail: can't accept options while a background fetchmail is running. > > Fetchmail should at least accept -f and --pidfile in this case.
Probably. Meanwhile, you can do this to work around this obstacle: 1. to just wake up the sleeping fetchmail daemon, send a SIGUSR1 signal. (Documented.) 2. separate the fetchmail configurations into their own directories, and run at least one with the FETCHMAILHOME variable set. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org