Clarification on upstart-0.5 and dbus usage

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi,

Scott James Remnant:
> 	pid = instance.Get("pid")["main"]
> 
> 	# Muck around with pid as you see fit
> 	if os.path.isfile("/tmp/%d" % pid):
> 	    return
> 
> 	# Oh dear, it's broken
> 	instance.Restart()

Nice race condition there. :-P

This example just shows that starting jobs cleanly is not quite as
simple as you'd think (well ... isn't that a surprise ;-) which 
demonstrates that an expressive IPC protocol is a Good Thing,
ultimately.

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