Do not require that the signal number be specified

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
index 482078e6e..c31bba6dd 100644
--- a/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
+++ b/debianutils/start_stop_daemon.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int
 start_stop_daemon_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         int flags;
-        char *signame;
+        char *signame = NULL;
         bb_applet_long_options = ssd_long_options;
 
         flags = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "KSba:n:s:u:x:", 
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ start_stop_daemon_main(int argc, char **argv)
         start = (flags & 2);
         fork_before_exec = (flags & 4);
 
-        signal_nr = bb_xgetlarg(signame, 10, 0, NSIG);
+        if (signame) {
+                signal_nr = bb_xgetlarg(signame, 10, 0, NSIG);
+        }
 
         if (start == stop)
                 bb_error_msg_and_die ("need exactly one of -S or -K");