On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 09:24:48AM -0600, Jay Williams wrote: > > Why using --nodetach and then rc_bg=YES ? > > Without the --nodetach flag, the Sphinx daemon doesn't keep listening on the > specified inet ports. (There very well may be a bug in this version of > Sphinx, especially considering it's age, but that's beyond my skills.) > > According to the searchd(1) man page, it states: > > > --nodetach > > Do not 'daemonize', or, do not detach into background. Apart debug > > purposes, this switch is useful when you manage sphinx with upstart > > init daemon. In this case actual 'daemonizing' will be done by > > upstart itself, and also all tasks like starting, stopping, > > reloading the config and respawning on crash will be done by the > > system, not the sphinx. > > Using the --nodetach flag, in combination with rc_bg allows rcctl to > reliability control the searchd process. I tried numerous other > combinations, and they only proved partially successful or failed > completely.
Ok so that's to workaround a bug. At the very least it warrants a comment in the rc.d script. -- Antoine
