[blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Nathan Coulson
ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) -- Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Qrux
On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: > ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. Are you saying that ntpd needs to be built (or run) with different parameters? For me, /var/run is a symlink (/var/run -> /run), although I'm not sure why. FHS lists /var/run

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Armin K.
On 03/21/2012 09:33 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: > ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. > /var/run is symlink to /run, so does it really matter? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See t

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Armin K. wrote: > On 03/21/2012 09:33 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: >> ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. >> > > /var/run is symlink to /run, so does it really matter? first, it is a configuration file we written ourselves, and using /ru

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Nathan Coulson wrote: > ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. Yes, we need to change that in the /etc/ntp.conf in the book. Since we have a compatibility sysmink, it's really only needed when we update the ntpd version. It does need updating to ntp-4.2.6p5 which was

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Qrux
On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Armin K. wrote: >> On 03/21/2012 09:33 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: >>> ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. >>> >> >> /var/run is symlink to /run, so does it really matter? > > fir

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-21 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Qrux wrote: > On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Armin K. wrote: >>> On 03/21/2012 09:33 AM, Nathan Coulson wrote: ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. >>> /var/run is symlink to /run, so does it really m

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-23 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 01:33:31AM -0700, Nathan Coulson wrote: > ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. > Replying to this, because I think Nathan expressed interest in avahi. In avahi, if you use --localstatedir=/var it will create /var/run during a DESTDIR install.

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 01:33:31AM -0700, Nathan Coulson wrote: >> ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. >> > Replying to this, because I think Nathan expressed interest in > avahi. In avahi, if you use --localstatedir=/var it will create > /var/run

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-23 Thread Nathan Coulson
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 01:33:31AM -0700, Nathan Coulson wrote: >>> ntpd says it's pidfile is in /var/run, when it should be in /run. >>> >>  Replying to this, because I think Nathan expressed interest in >> avahi.  In avah

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Nathan Coulson wrote: > What I should actually do on my own build, is break the /var/run > symlink, and have two folders. Then I can see what is actually going > where. That's your choice of course, but there are a couple of issues. We guarantee that /run is available for other boot scripts

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-25 Thread Lemon Lime
On 03/24/12 17:36, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Nathan Coulson wrote: > >> What I should actually do on my own build, is break the /var/run >> symlink, and have two folders. Then I can see what is actually going >> where. > > That's your choice of course, but there are a couple of issues. We > guarantee

Re: [blfs-dev] ntpd uses /var/run/ instead of /run

2012-03-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Lemon Lime wrote: > On 03/24/12 17:36, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Nathan Coulson wrote: >> >>> What I should actually do on my own build, is break the /var/run >>> symlink, and have two folders. Then I can see what is actually going >>> where. >> That's your choice of course, but there are a couple of