init.d/celeryd no longer supports django, see corresponding file in

django-celery

contrib/debian/init.d/celeryd

@@ -9,16 +9,8 @@
 # Short-Description:	celery task worker daemon
 ### END INIT INFO
 
-# To use this with Django set your DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR in /etc/default/celeryd:
-#
-#   echo "DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR=/opt/Myapp" > /etc/default/celeryd
-#
-# The django project dir is the directory that contains settings and
-# manage.py.
-
 set -e
 
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings
 CELERYD_PID_FILE="/var/run/celeryd.pid"
 CELERYD_LOG_FILE="/var/log/celeryd.log"
 CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
@@ -30,22 +22,10 @@ if test -f /etc/default/celeryd; then
     . /etc/default/celeryd
 fi
 
-export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
-export DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR
-
-if [ -z "$CELERYD" ]; then
-    if [ ! -z "$DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
-        CELERYD="$DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR/manage.py"
-        CELERYD_OPTS="celeryd $CELERYD_OPTS"
-    else
-        CELERYD=$DEFAULT_CELERYD
-    fi
-fi
+export CELERY_LOADER
 
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
-cd $DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR
-
 CELERYD_OPTS="$CELERYD_OPTS -f $CELERYD_LOG_FILE -l $CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL"
 
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
@@ -83,9 +63,7 @@ check_dev_null() {
 export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 if [ ! -z "$VIRTUALENV" ]; then
     export PATH="$VIRTUALENV/bin:$PATH"
-    if [ -z "$DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR" ]; then
-    	CELERYD="$VIRTUALENV/bin/$CELERYD"
-    fi
+    CELERYD="$VIRTUALENV/bin/$CELERYD"
 fi
 
 
@@ -102,7 +80,7 @@ case "$1" in
   start)
     check_dev_null
     log_daemon_msg "Starting celery task worker server" "celeryd"
-    if start-stop-daemon --start $DAEMON_OPTS --quiet --oknodo --background --chdir $DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR --make-pidfile --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE --exec $CELERYD -- $CELERYD_OPTS; then
+    if start-stop-daemon --start $DAEMON_OPTS --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE --exec $CELERYD -- $CELERYD_OPTS; then
         log_end_msg 0
     else
         log_end_msg 1
@@ -124,7 +102,7 @@ case "$1" in
     log_daemon_msg "Restarting celery task worker server" "celeryd"
     start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE
     check_dev_null log_end_msg
-    if start-stop-daemon --start $DAEMON_OPTS --quiet --oknodo --background --chdir $DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR --make-pidfile --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE --exec $CELERYD -- $CELERYD_OPTS; then log_end_msg 0
+    if start-stop-daemon --start $DAEMON_OPTS --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE --exec $CELERYD -- $CELERYD_OPTS; then log_end_msg 0
     else
         log_end_msg 1
     fi
@@ -140,7 +118,7 @@ case "$1" in
         0)
 		# old daemon stopped
 		check_dev_null log_end_msg
-		if start-stop-daemon --start $DAEMON_OPTS --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --chdir $DJANGO_PROJECT_DIR --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE --exec $CELERYD -- $CELERYD_OPTS; then
+		if start-stop-daemon --start $DAEMON_OPTS --quiet --oknodo --background --make-pidfile --pidfile $CELERYD_PID_FILE --exec $CELERYD -- $CELERYD_OPTS; then
 		    log_end_msg 0
 		else
 		    log_end_msg 1