package/irda-utils/0001-daemon.patch

   1 written by Mike Frysinger
   2
   3 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3132053&group_id=5616&atid=305616
   4
   5 Rather than using the fork function (which doesnt work on nommu
   6 systems), simply use the daemon() function instead (which does
   7 work). this should work the same before and after for all systems.
   8
   9 --- a/irattach/util.c
  10 +++ b/irattach/util.c
  11 @@ -156,21 +156,10 @@
  12
  13  void fork_now(int ttyfd)
  14  {
  15 -       int ret;
  16         int i;
  17
  18 -       if ((ret = fork()) > 0)
  19 -               exit(0);
  20 -
  21 -       if (ret == -1)
  22 -               syslog(LOG_INFO, "forking: %m");
  23 -       if (setsid() < 0)
  24 -               syslog(LOG_INFO, "detaching from tty: %m");
  25 -
  26 -       if ((ret = fork()) > 0) {
  27 -               /* cleanup_files = 0; */
  28 -               exit(0);
  29 -       }
  30 +       if (daemon(1, 1))
  31 +               syslog(LOG_INFO, "daemon: %m");
  32
  33         /* Close all open inherited files! Except for ttyfd! */
  34         for (i = 0; i < 64; i++)