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doc: reword "shared per-thread" wording
[elogind.git] / man / daemon.xml
index 1fe4546f009519576fb2f8ec58e63e5b88f21a10..88dd082a33e356d2a3ece0deedc0aaa406ff109e 100644 (file)
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 
                         <orderedlist>
                                 <listitem><para>Close all open file
-                                descriptors except STDIN, STDOUT,
-                                STDERR (i.e. the first three file
+                                descriptors except stdin, stdout,
+                                stderr (i.e. the first three file
                                 descriptors 0, 1, 2). This ensures
                                 that no accidentally passed file
                                 descriptor stays around in the daemon
 
                                 <listitem><para>In the daemon process,
                                 connect <filename>/dev/null</filename>
-                                to STDIN, STDOUT,
-                                STDERR.</para></listitem>
+                                to standard input, output, and error.
+                                </para></listitem>
 
                                 <listitem><para>In the daemon process,
                                 reset the umask to 0, so that the file
                         service.</para>
 
                         <para>Note that new-style init systems
-                        guarantee execution of daemon processes in
-                        clean process context: it is guaranteed that
+                        guarantee execution of daemon processes in a
+                        clean process context: it is guaranteed that
                         the environment block is sanitized, that the
                         signal handlers and mask is reset and that no
                         left-over file descriptors are passed. Daemons
-                        will be executed in their own session, and
-                        STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR connected to
+                        will be executed in their own session, with
+                        standard input/output/error connected to
                         <filename>/dev/null</filename> unless
-                        otherwise configured. The umask is reset.</para>
+                        otherwise configured. The umask is reset.
+                        </para>
 
                         <para>It is recommended for new-style daemons
                         to implement the following:</para>
                                 <listitem><para>Instead of using the
                                 <function>syslog()</function> call to log directly to the
                                 system syslog service, a new-style daemon may
-                                choose to simply log to STDERR via
+                                choose to simply log to standard error via
                                 <function>fprintf()</function>, which is then forwarded to
                                 syslog by the init system. If log
                                 priorities are necessary, these can be
 
                         <programlisting>PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
-        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files]),
-        [], [with_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)])
-if test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno; then
-        AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SYSTEMD, [test -n "$with_systemdsystemunitdir" -a "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != xno ])</programlisting>
+     [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files])],,
+     [with_systemdsystemunitdir=auto])
+AS_IF([test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" = "xyes" -o "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" = "xauto"], [
+     def_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)
+
+     AS_IF([test "x$def_systemdsystemunitdir" = "x"],
+         [AS_IF([test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" = "xyes"],
+                [AC_MSG_ERROR([systemd support requested but pkg-config unable to query systemd package])])
+          with_systemdsystemunitdir=no],
+         [with_systemdsystemunitdir="$def_systemdsystemunitdir"])])
+AS_IF([test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != "xno"],
+      [AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_SYSTEMD], [test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != "xno"])</programlisting>
 
                         <para>This snippet allows automatic
                         installation of the unit files on systemd