From 7a4551e1e72ce5ffd6fc359437435c077103e027 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Surda <surda@economicsofbitcoin.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 09:36:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix signal handler in daemon mode

- signal handler requires the main thread to run
---
 src/bitmessagemain.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/bitmessagemain.py b/src/bitmessagemain.py
index 4a7227e9..388a6068 100755
--- a/src/bitmessagemain.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagemain.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import socket
 import ctypes
 from struct import pack
 from subprocess import call
+from time import sleep
 
 from api import MySimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler, StoppableXMLRPCServer
 from helper_startup import isOurOperatingSystemLimitedToHavingVeryFewHalfOpenConnections
@@ -315,6 +316,10 @@ class Main:
         else:
             BMConfigParser().remove_option('bitmessagesettings', 'dontconnect')
 
+        if daemon:
+            while state.shutdown == 0:
+                sleep(1)
+
     def daemonize(self):
         try:
             if os.fork():