File glibc-nscd-foreground.patch of Package glibc

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File glibc-nscd-foreground.patch of Package glibc

diff -rup a/nscd/nscd.c b/nscd/nscd.c
--- a/nscd/nscd.c	2012-01-01 05:16:32.000000000 -0700
+++ b/nscd/nscd.c	2012-02-03 13:07:50.509740586 -0700
@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ thread_info_t thread_info;
 int do_shutdown;
 int disabled_passwd;
 int disabled_group;
-int go_background = 1;
+
+/* Default is to daemonize.  Set to 1 to run in foreground in
+   debugging mode, or negative to run in foreground but otherwise
+   behave like a daemon, i.e., detach from terminal and use
+   syslog.  */
+static int run_in_foreground = 0;
 
 static const char *conffile = _PATH_NSCDCONF;
 
@@ -104,6 +109,8 @@ static const struct argp_option options[
     N_("Read configuration data from NAME") },
   { "debug", 'd', NULL, 0,
     N_("Do not fork and display messages on the current tty") },
+  { "foreground", 'F', NULL, 0,
+    N_("Do not fork, but otherwise behave like a deamon") },
   { "nthreads", 't', N_("NUMBER"), 0, N_("Start NUMBER threads") },
   { "shutdown", 'K', NULL, 0, N_("Shut the server down") },
   { "statistics", 'g', NULL, 0, N_("Print current configuration statistics") },
@@ -174,16 +181,22 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   /* Determine page size.  */
   pagesize_m1 = getpagesize () - 1;
 
-  /* Behave like a daemon.  */
-  if (go_background)
+  if (run_in_foreground <= 0)
     {
       int i;
+      pid_t pid;
 
-      pid_t pid = fork ();
-      if (pid == -1)
-	error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot fork"));
-      if (pid != 0)
-	exit (0);
+      /* Behave like a daemon.  */
+      if (!run_in_foreground)
+	{
+	  pid = fork ();
+	  if (pid == -1)
+	    error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot fork"));
+	  if (pid != 0)
+	    exit (0);
+	}
+      else
+	fprintf (stderr, _("further output sent to syslog\n"));
 
       int nullfd = open (_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR);
       if (nullfd != -1)
@@ -234,11 +247,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	for (i = min_close_fd; i < getdtablesize (); i++)
 	  close (i);
 
-      pid = fork ();
-      if (pid == -1)
-	error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot fork"));
-      if (pid != 0)
-	exit (0);
+      if (!run_in_foreground)
+	{
+	  pid = fork ();
+	  if (pid == -1)
+	    error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot fork"));
+	  if (pid != 0)
+	    exit (0);
+	}
 
       setsid ();
 
@@ -260,7 +276,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       signal (SIGTSTP, SIG_IGN);
     }
   else
-    /* In foreground mode we are not paranoid.  */
+    /* In debug mode we are not paranoid.  */
     paranoia = 0;
 
   signal (SIGINT, termination_handler);
@@ -309,7 +325,11 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct ar
     {
     case 'd':
       ++debug_level;
-      go_background = 0;
+      run_in_foreground = 1;
+      break;
+
+    case 'F':
+      run_in_foreground = -1;
       break;
 
     case 'f':

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