Ubuntu
casper package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #966480
  3. Comment #52

Comment 52 for bug 966480

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In , Rstrode (rstrode) wrote :

Hi,

(In reply to Chris Bainbridge from comment #3)
> main.c forks before opening the listening port (calls ply_create_daemon
> before start_boot_server). Is this intentional?
 Yes.

> Would you consider it a bug in plymouthd?
No.

Upstart should wait until the parent exits. We exit the parent when plymouthd is ready. It must have a way of coping with this situation, since it's not a novel or exotic way to daemonize.