[Pkg-clamav-devel] --foreground in /lib/systemd/service/clamav-daemon.service deliberately?

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2018-04-12 22:38:15 [+0200], Paul Guijt wrote:
> Hi team,
> 
> Not knowing whether it's a bug or a feature, I thought I'd ask you first. 
> 
> I have Raspbian stretch with clamav-daemon 0.99.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1 running. 
> 
> In htop I saw /usr/sbin/clamd --foreground=true, although the
> /etc/clamav/clamav.conf states:
> 	# Don't fork into background.
> 	# Default: no
> 	#Foreground yes
> 
> Digging into it I noticed in /lib/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service:
> 	[Service]
> 	ExecStart=/usr/sbin/clamd --foreground=true
> 
> Is that deliberate, perhaps even documented somewhere? 
> 
> I've been told that forking is a good thing, not only at dinner. 

So what is the problem or what do you expect to happen?

> Regards,
> Paul Guijt 

Sebastian