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authorelly <elly@leptoquark.net>2013-06-21 12:01:18 -0400
committerelly <elly@leptoquark.net>2013-06-21 14:12:20 -0400
commit691a39f31465c3118a31d3c8be580cbbaf603578 (patch)
treea6e53ccbb7722b77a8ca0bdb0a22e34e7126dfe7 /man
parent3f69a2245fddf5c63e2325c30d68c324e32dcdda (diff)
downloadtlsdate-691a39f31465c3118a31d3c8be580cbbaf603578.tar.gz
Fix subprocess watching.
Currently, the subprocess watching code polls with a delay between attempts. Instead, introduce wait_with_timeout() and use it, simplifying this code. Signed-off-by: Elly Fong-Jones <elly@leptoquark.net>
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-rw-r--r--man/tlsdated.conf.56
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/tlsdated.conf.5 b/man/tlsdated.conf.5
index 13fb153..79ed27a 100644
--- a/man/tlsdated.conf.5
+++ b/man/tlsdated.conf.5
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ at exit.
If enabled, set the hwclock to the fetched time.
.IP "steady-state-interval [int]"
Check at least once this many seconds when in steady state.
-.IP "subprocess-tries [int]"
-How many times to try waiting for the subprocess.
-.IP "subprocess-wait-between-tries [int]"
-How many seconds to wait between each attempt to wait for the subprocess.
+.IP "subprocess-timeout [int]"
+How many seconds to wait for the subprocess to exit.
.IP "verbose [bool]"
If enabled, tlsdated will be annoyingly verbose in syslog and on stdout.
.IP "wait-between-tries [int]"