Ferret talk - Apr 2008 - patch to warn that "ferret_server appears to be already running"

Hi,

I added the following two lines to the top of the start method in
ferret_server.rb (acts_as_ferret)

pid = read_pid_file
raise "ferret_server appears to be already running" if pid

Without this, I found that:
1. I could do ''script/ferret_start -e production start''
multiple times
without getting a warning message.
2. Running script/ferret_start... a 2nd time managed to kill an
already existing pid file, but left the old process running.
3. My capistrano deployments were sometimes confusing (based on the
above two items)

-David

Update: I now prefer to use $stdout.puts instead of ''raise'' --
because
I don''t consider this situation to be exceptional -- and I
don''t want
Capistrano to treat this situation as an error and halt.

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:26 PM, David James <davidj503 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I added the following two lines to the top of the start method in
>  ferret_server.rb (acts_as_ferret)
>
>  pid = read_pid_file
>  raise "ferret_server appears to be already running" if pid

Hi,

acts_as_ferret''s current trunk already has something similar in
lib/unix_daemon.rb


Cheers,
Jens

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 02:10:53PM -0400, David James
wrote:
> Update: I now prefer to use $stdout.puts instead of
''raise'' -- because
> I don''t consider this situation to be exceptional -- and I
don''t want
> Capistrano to treat this situation as an error and halt.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:26 PM, David James <davidj503 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  I added the following two lines to the top of the start method in
> >  ferret_server.rb (acts_as_ferret)
> >
> >  pid = read_pid_file
> >  raise "ferret_server appears to be already running" if pid
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