> On 27. Aug 2022, at 12:54, FreeBSD User <free...@walstatt-de.de> wrote:
>
> Am Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:21:40 +0200
> Michael Gmelin <gre...@freebsd.org> schrieb:
>
>>>> On 27. Aug 2022, at 08:31, FreeBSD User <free...@walstatt-de.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm referencing to Bug 259699 [2] and Bug 259585 [1].
>>>
>>> Port security/clamav is without doubt for many of FreeBSD users an
>>> important piece of
>>> security software so I assume a widespread usage.
>>>
>>> It is also a not uncommon use case to use NanoBSD or any kind of
>>> low-memory-footprint
>>> installation schemes in which /var/run - amongst other system folders - are
>>> created at boot
>>> time as TMPFS and highly volatile.
>>>
>>> In our case, the boxes running a small security appliance based upon
>>> FreeBSD is rebooted
>>> every 24 hours and so /var/run is vanishing.
>>>
>>> To make the long story short:
>>>
>>> The solution for this problem would be a check for existence and take
>>> action addendum in
>>> precmd() routine of the rc-script as sketched in Bug 259699.
>>> The maintainer rejects such a workaround by arguing this would violate POLA
>>> (see comment 4
>>> in PR 259699 [2]. The maintainer's argument regaring to mtree's files are
>>> sound to me.
>>>
>>> The question is: how can this issue be solved?
>>>
>>> It is really hard to always chenge our local repository and patch whenever
>>> clamav has been
>>> patched and modified for what reason ever.
>>>
>>> Tahanks for reading,
>>>
>>
>> Why don’t you simply add an rc script to your appliance that creates the
>> missing
>> directory/directories on boot before clamav is started?
>>
>> Best
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>
> Why not fixing this on a more general basis?
It‘s a reasonable way forward, given the limitations you described (you’re
removing /var/run, which shouldn’t be removed and the port maintainer not
willing to add code to compensate for this). This would fix it for you for your
specific needs in a reliable way, you would never have to patch the port again
and also won’t use other people‘s time to find a general solution to your very
specific problem. It’s a sustainable quick fix to your problem at hand. You can
always come up with something grand later, but this would actually work right
away.
Cheers
