[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#546841: Bug#546841: fetchmail: complains too loudly when it is explicitly configured to not run as a daemon

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Wed Sep 16 09:30:04 UTC 2009


Am 16.09.2009, 05:54 Uhr, schrieb Rogério Brito <rbrito at ime.usp.br>:

> Package: fetchmail
> Version: 6.3.9~rc2-7
> Severity: minor
>
> Hi.
>
> Fetchmail installs an initscript and it complains too loudly to the
> system administrator when it does not run as a daemon:
>
> ,----
> | chagas:~# /etc/init.d/fetchmail stop
> | Pidfile not found! Is fetchmail running? ... failed!
> | chagas:~#
> `----

BTW, stopping a daemon that isn't running IS NOT A FAILURE, but success.  
Print a warning if need be, but don't fail.

-- 
Matthias Andree





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