man/start-stop-daemon.8: clarify documentation about --pidfile option

The documentation implied that if you stop a daemon we handle multiple
pids in a pid file. This is not correct. We only handle the first pid.

X-Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601540
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William Hubbs 2016-12-05 12:23:37 -06:00
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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ is used.
.It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile
When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid
.Ar pidfile
within a reasonable amount of time. When stopping we only stop the pid(s)
within a reasonable amount of time. When stopping we only stop the first pid
listed in the
.Ar pidfile .
.It Fl n , -name Ar name