man: drop reference to file locking for PID file creation from daemon(7)

File locking is usually a bad idea, don't suggest using it. (cherry picked from commit c4b834a4ad) (cherry picked from commit ab28d5c3ed)
2026-10-03 23:38:39 +00:00 · 2014-06-18 12:34:16 -04:00
parent c194931d2e
commit 977df069dc
1 changed files with 1 additions and 3 deletions
@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@
                                it is verified at the same time that
                                the PID previously stored in the PID
                                file no longer exists or belongs to a
-                                foreign process. Commonly, some kind of
-                                file locking is employed to implement
-                                this logic.</para></listitem>
+                                foreign process.</para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para>In the daemon process,
                                drop privileges, if possible and