Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 1784] exim fails to write PID file when …

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Autor: Andrew C Aitchison
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Temat: Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 1784] exim fails to write PID file when alternative ports are specified
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016, admin@??? wrote:

> https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1784
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> Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@???> changed:
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>           What    |Removed                     |Added
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>                 CC|                            |arekm@???

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> --- Comment #2 from Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@???> ---
> "When -oX is used on the command line  to  start  a  listening
>                 daemon,  the process id is not written to the normal pid file
>                 path. However, -oP can be used to specify a path on the  com???
>                 mand line if a pid file is required."

>
> Doh, is there any reason for such werid behaviour?


I'd guess that the assumption was that the config file would be used
for the live service; setting things like this on the command-line
would typically be during testing, when it would be a bad idea
to interfere with the pid file for the live service ?