Just curious if there should be some thought put into a var/run issue
I experienced recently wrt nagios not starting on reboot.. following the
instructions provided by the port.
Basically, in /etc/rc, for those who are unaware, is the following code:
# clean up left-over files
rm -f /etc/nologin
rm -f /var/spool/lock/LCK.*
rm -f /var/spool/uucp/STST/*
(cd /var/run && { rm -rf -- *; install -c -m 664 -g utmp /dev/null utmp; })
(cd /var/authpf && rm -rf -- *)
Run everytime at boot. Now with that in mind, why do we have the following?
./mail/mimedefang/pkg/PLIST:@sample /var/run/mdefang/
./mail/mimedefang/pkg/PLIST:@unexec rm -rf /var/run/mdefang/*
./net/nagios/nagios/pkg/PLIST-main:@sample /var/run/nagios/
./net/freeradius/pkg/PLIST-main:@sample /var/run/radiusd/
./net/gnugk/pkg/PLIST:@sample /var/run/gnugk/
./security/stunnel/pkg/PLIST:@extra /var/run/stunnel.pid
./security/openct/pkg/PLIST:@sample /var/run/openct/
./security/openct/pkg/PLIST:@extraunexec rm -rf /var/run/openct/*
./security/prelude/manager/pkg/PLIST:@extraunexec rm -rf
/var/run/prelude-manager/*
./textproc/gonzui/pkg/PLIST:@sample /var/run/gonzui/
./www/squid/pkg/PLIST:@exec ln -sf ${SQUIDDIR}/logs/squid.pid /var/run/squid.pid
./www/squid/pkg/PLIST:@unexec rm -f /var/run/squid.pid
./x11/dbus/pkg/PLIST:@sample /var/run/dbus/
./x11/dbus/pkg/PLIST:@unexec rm -f /var/run/dbus/*
Shouldn't the ports in question either via pkg/MESSAGE or somesuch instruct
the user on proper startup of the software, including creation of the
necessary directory(s) under /var/run so /etc/rc.local is properly
populated?
Thoughts?
Note, for example, mysql does not contain mention of var/run in the PLIST,
yet it does use /var/run/mysql/ .. and instructs to create it and chown it
in /etc/rc.local. I like this. Is this a template for fixing the rest of
these?
Thanks,
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