--- preload-0.6.4.init.in.orig	2009-05-20 04:58:30.000000000 +0200
+++ preload-0.6.4.init.in	2009-12-31 18:19:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,19 +27,21 @@
 	# Check for > MIN_MEMORY MB
 	#free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {exit ($2 >= ('"$MIN_MEMORY"'))?0:1}' || exit 0
 
-	# IMPORTANT: Let ssd do the backgrounding so we immediatly get a valid
-	# pid file in the next step (ionice)
+	IONICE=$(which ionice)
+	if [ -x "$IONICE" ]; then
+		EXEC="$IONICE"
+		ARGS=( ${IONICE_OPTS:--c3} "@sbindir@/@PACKAGE@" )
+	else
+		EXEC="@sbindir@/@PACKAGE@"
+		ARGS=()
+	fi
+
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background \
 		--make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
-		--exec @sbindir@/@PACKAGE@ -- \
+		--exec "$EXEC" -- "${ARGS[@]}" \
 		-l ${PRELOAD_LOGFILE:-/var/log/preload.log} -V ${PRELOAD_VERBOSITY:-1} \
 		-n ${PRELOAD_NICE:-15} -s ${PRELOAD_STATEFILE:-""} ${PRELOAD_OPTS} -f
 
-	IONICE=$(which ionice)
-	if [ -x "$IONICE" ]; then
-		IONICE_OPTS=${IONICE_OPTS:--c3}
-		$IONICE ${IONICE_OPTS} -p$(<${PIDFILE})
-	fi
 	eend $?
 }