support for stateful re-exec of upstart, now available for testing

[James Hunt]

On 07/09/12 18:03, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> Why don't you just serialize into a file rather than into a PIPE with
> another process on the other side? Sounds much easier to create a file
> in /dev/shm (or suchlike), delete it immediately and serialize to that,
> and then hand over that fd. (Which is what we do in systemd) 
> 
> Lennart
> 
Hi Lennart,

We felt that the pipe design was a simple and elegant one which gave the
most flexibility and avoided any possible complexities with respect to
filesystem interaction.

Kind regards,

James.
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