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

[Lance Laursen]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Gordon, read your mail around
the same time I was experiencing this issue, saved me some troubleshooting.
Bazsi, your method of adding a -f to the start_daemon call also fixes this
problem for me on debian.

-Lance

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu> wrote:

> 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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Lance Laursen
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