[syslog-ng] [patch] syslog-ng 3.0.4 init script doesn't remove stale PID file on startup

[Balazs Scheidler]

Hi,

We have an alternative solution for the same problem, waiting for a
release to happen.

Can you check if this one works for you too?

This adds a -f to the start_daemon call.

On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 14:57 -0800, Gordon McAllister wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running the syslog-ng 3.0.4 RPM on CentOS 5.4 and came across a
> problem where syslog-ng would not start properly after an unclean
> shutdown, since the old PID file was still in place. Attached is a
> patch to the init script supplied with the RPM that attempts to
> correct this.
> 
> Regards,
> ---Gordon
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