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Diffstat (limited to 'src/start-stop-daemon.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/start-stop-daemon.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/start-stop-daemon.c b/src/start-stop-daemon.c index 26ad8bd6..989a6e20 100644 --- a/src/start-stop-daemon.c +++ b/src/start-stop-daemon.c @@ -1049,9 +1049,12 @@ int start_stop_daemon (int argc, char **argv) } else { if (pidfile) { /* The pidfile may not have been written yet - give it some time */ - if (get_pid (pidfile, true) == -1) + if (get_pid (pidfile, true) == -1) { + if (! nloopsp) + eerrorx ("%s: did not create a valid pid in `%s'", + applet, pidfile); alive = true; - else + } else nloopsp = 0; } if (do_stop (exec, cmd, pidfile, uid, 0, true, false, true) > 0) |