[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#932775: Bug#932775: Info received (Does not fix "service snmpd restart")

[Craig Small]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 at 04:21, Atkins, Brian <Brian.Atkins at netapp.com> wrote:

> Also, the -p argument added in the patch  is duplicate, as do_start_cmd
> already sets --pidfile if PIDFILE is set.
>
Hi Brian,
  They do different things.

The --pidfile in do_start_cmd is an option of start-stop-daemon and is used
by that program to check if there is already running process.
The -p option in the init script is for snmpd binary and is used to tell
snmpd where to create the pidfile.

 - Craig
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