Re: [PATCH] daemon: add --no-syslog to undo implicit --syslog

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2018, 18:30 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh8rcig0x.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <87shaxh2b9.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Mon, Jan 22 2018, Lucas Werkmeister jotted:
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>> Several options imply --syslog, without there being a way to disable it
>> again. This commit adds that option.
>
> Just two options imply --syslog, --detach & --inetd, unless I've missed
> something, anyway 2 != several, so maybe just say "The --detach and
> --inetd options imply --syslog ...".

Correct. Moreover, --detach completely dissociates the process from the original set of standard file descriptors by first closing them and then connecting it to "/dev/null", so it will be nonsense to use this new option with it.