From b88d4aa6799a10f97a1efb824b1381b54483d05c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 11:56:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Do not prevent daemonization when force is set

The force option should only be about ignoring the cache and existing
value, not about controlling when updates are triggered or whether the
program runs in the foreground.
---
 ddclient | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ddclient b/ddclient
index 5468781..ad65d2f 100755
--- a/ddclient
+++ b/ddclient
@@ -823,8 +823,8 @@ my $caught_int  = 0;
 $SIG{'HUP'}  = sub { $caught_hup  = 1; };
 $SIG{'TERM'} = sub { $caught_term = 1; };
 $SIG{'INT'}  = sub { $caught_int  = 1; };
-# don't fork() if foreground or force is on
-if (opt('foreground') || opt('force')) {
+# don't fork() if foreground
+if (opt('foreground')) {
     ;
 } elsif (opt('daemon')) {
     $SIG{'CHLD'} = 'IGNORE';
@@ -867,7 +867,6 @@ do {
         unless exists $ip_strategies{lc opt('use')};
 
     $daemon = opt('daemon');
-    $daemon = 0 if opt('force');
 
     update_nics();