Ok so that's to workaround a bug. At the very least it warrants a comment in the rc.d script.
Perhaps something like this? #!/bin/ksh # # searchd - Sphinxsearch network daemon ## Use --nodetach flag in combination with rc_bg to workaround searchd not # listening on specified network ports
daemon="/usr/local/bin/searchd" daemon_flags="--nodetach" # daemon_user="www" # force start the daemon in background rc_bg=YES . /etc/rc.d/rc.subr rc_cmd $1 -- Jay Williams
