--- a/plugins/mod_posix.lua	Sun Mar 17 10:10:24 2024 +0000
+++ b/plugins/mod_posix.lua	Sat Mar 23 20:48:19 2024 +0100
@@ -6,117 +6,6 @@
 -- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
 --
 
-
-local want_pposix_version = "0.4.0";
-
-local pposix = assert(require "prosody.util.pposix");
-if pposix._VERSION ~= want_pposix_version then
-	module:log("warn", "Unknown version (%s) of binary pposix module, expected %s."
-		.. "Perhaps you need to recompile?", tostring(pposix._VERSION), want_pposix_version);
-end
-
-
-local lfs = require "lfs";
-local stat = lfs.attributes;
-
-local prosody = _G.prosody;
-
 module:set_global(); -- we're a global module
 
-local umask = module:get_option_string("umask", "027");
-pposix.umask(umask);
-
--- Don't even think about it!
-if not prosody.start_time then -- server-starting
-	if pposix.getuid() == 0 and not module:get_option_boolean("run_as_root") then
-		module:log("error", "Danger, Will Robinson! Prosody doesn't need to be run as root, so don't do it!");
-		module:log("error", "For more information on running Prosody as root, see https://prosody.im/doc/root");
-		prosody.shutdown("Refusing to run as root", 1);
-	end
-end
-
-local pidfile;
-local pidfile_handle;
-
-local function remove_pidfile()
-	if pidfile_handle then
-		pidfile_handle:close();
-		os.remove(pidfile);
-		pidfile, pidfile_handle = nil, nil;
-	end
-end
-
-local function write_pidfile()
-	if pidfile_handle then
-		remove_pidfile();
-	end
-	pidfile = module:get_option_path("pidfile", nil, "data");
-	if pidfile then
-		local err;
-		local mode = stat(pidfile) and "r+" or "w+";
-		pidfile_handle, err = io.open(pidfile, mode);
-		if not pidfile_handle then
-			module:log("error", "Couldn't write pidfile at %s; %s", pidfile, err);
-			prosody.shutdown("Couldn't write pidfile", 1);
-		else
-			if not lfs.lock(pidfile_handle, "w") then -- Exclusive lock
-				local other_pid = pidfile_handle:read("*a");
-				module:log("error", "Another Prosody instance seems to be running with PID %s, quitting", other_pid);
-				pidfile_handle = nil;
-				prosody.shutdown("Prosody already running", 1);
-			else
-				pidfile_handle:close();
-				pidfile_handle, err = io.open(pidfile, "w+");
-				if not pidfile_handle then
-					module:log("error", "Couldn't write pidfile at %s; %s", pidfile, err);
-					prosody.shutdown("Couldn't write pidfile", 1);
-				else
-					if lfs.lock(pidfile_handle, "w") then
-						pidfile_handle:write(tostring(pposix.getpid()));
-						pidfile_handle:flush();
-					end
-				end
-			end
-		end
-	end
-end
-
-local daemonize = prosody.opts.daemonize;
-
-if daemonize == nil then
-	-- Fall back to config file if not specified on command-line
-	daemonize = module:get_option_boolean("daemonize", nil);
-	if daemonize ~= nil then
-		module:log("warn", "The 'daemonize' option has been deprecated, specify -D or -F on the command line instead.");
-		-- TODO: Write some docs and include a link in the warning.
-	end
-end
-
-local function remove_log_sinks()
-	local lm = require "prosody.core.loggingmanager";
-	lm.register_sink_type("console", nil);
-	lm.register_sink_type("stdout", nil);
-	lm.reload_logging();
-end
-
-if daemonize then
-	local function daemonize_server()
-		module:log("info", "Prosody is about to detach from the console, disabling further console output");
-		remove_log_sinks();
-		local ok, ret = pposix.daemonize();
-		if not ok then
-			module:log("error", "Failed to daemonize: %s", ret);
-		elseif ret and ret > 0 then
-			os.exit(0);
-		else
-			module:log("info", "Successfully daemonized to PID %d", pposix.getpid());
-			write_pidfile();
-		end
-	end
-	module:hook("server-started", daemonize_server)
-else
-	-- Not going to daemonize, so write the pid of this process
-	write_pidfile();
-end
-
-module:hook("server-stopped", remove_pidfile);
+-- TODO delete this whole concept