Re: pkg/53290: snmptrapd's rc file doesn't remove pidfile on stop

[Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/53290; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?= <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>
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Subject: Re: pkg/53290: snmptrapd's rc file doesn't remove pidfile on stop
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 20:03:49 +0200

 > I don't see other scripts are doing this.
 Yes. It's normally done by the daemon on shutdown. That's why a PID file without a corresponding running process can be treated as a sign of a daemon having crashed. And that's what check_pid is good for. Or so I think.