pidofproc definition is not clear
Bug #1327837 reported by
Jeff Johnson
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lsb |
In Progress
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| Mandriva |
In Progress
|
Medium
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Bug Description
According to the spec, pidofproc "shall return" a process ID, and it "shall
return" exit status and zero/nonzero depending on whether the process was
running or not. I was asked in IRC about the precise meaning of this, and we
both agreed that it was confusing.
FWIW, it seems the generally-assumed interpretation of this in implementations
is that the first "returned" implies "on stdout", while the second "returned"
is the pseudo-process return value ($? in shell variable terms).
| Changed in mandriva: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Unknown → In Progress |
| tags: | added: zdecide |
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