Bug#253265: [S-S-D] Please add '--pid' option

Guillem Jover wrote: For some purposes it would be useful to be able to give the PID to start-stop-daemon directly, using a --pid=12345 option, rather than via a pidfile and --pidfile=/path/to/file. Of course one can use kill, but then one can't make use of s-s-d's --retry feature. Can

Bug#253265: [S-S-D] Please add '--pid' option

tag 253265 moreinfo thanks On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 11:27:37 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.22 Severity: wishlist For some purposes it would be useful to be able to give the PID to start-stop-daemon directly, using a --pid=12345 option, rather than via a pidfile and