[Pkg-dns-devel] Bug#867192: Bug#867192: let systemd know about the pid file

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Tue 2017-07-11 21:45:22 -0400, Simon Deziel wrote:
> Having a PID file seems to be the easiest way to make both systemd and
> SysV happy.

fwiw, i think that systemd would be happier without a pidfile.  using a
pidfile introduces a failure mode (as we see here) that is entirely
unnecessary in a system with proper process supervision.

The fact that systemd *can* do something about a pidfile doesn't mean
that anyone should prefer it.  I really hope we can drop pidfiles where
we don't need them.

     --dkg