On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Graham Murray <gra...@gmurray.org.uk> wrote: > "Stefan G. Weichinger" <li...@xunil.at> writes: > >> Just found this note from Pacho on planet.gentoo.org: >> >> http://my.opera.com/pacho/blog/2013/08/27/how-to-write-proper-systemd-unit-files >> >> I will have to review some of my files then ;-) > > What I did not understand from reading that is why he (or gentoo policy) > does not like 'type=forking'. Reading the systemd man files, I thought > that type=forking would be the "natural" choice for most daemons.
On the contrary; with Type=simple systemd has better control on the service, since systemd itself execv() the service binary, and it can know precisely its PID and when it finishes. With Type=forking systemd has to guess what the PID is, and therefore it nees more work to know the status of the service. It does a pretty good job, but it's easier with Type=simple. Type=forking is there for old daemons that don't have a --foreground or similar option. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
