On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 09:16:37PM -0400, The Anarcat wrote: > On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 11:06:07AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Gah, I despise PID files. And programs that assume things about their > > placement and permissions. > > Well, pidfiles do have a function, how else do you deal with process > managemnet?
Oh, I don't have any better ideas, but it doesn't stop me from despising them. <grin> > > > puppet.conf should also point to /var/run/puppet instead of /var/run as > > > a rundir. > > > > I think I'll just go the whole hog and patch the source for that, > > considering that the rundir will be hardcoded in the init script anyway. > > patch the source? you just need to patch puppet.conf, no? Weeeeell, there's a bit of history there, relating to how Puppet used to handle config files. The short version is that patching puppet.conf (while making the initscript changes) will probably result in my wibbly bits being strung up from tall trees. The long version is #440346. > > It's strange that I made the original rundir permissions change several > > weeks ago and you're the first person to hit it. Oh well. I'll whip up a > > fix and get it out shortly. > > Eh.. I'm probably the only person that got through the trouble of filing > the bug... No, there's plenty of people who take great delight reporting bugs against Puppet. (They're legitimate bugs, to be sure, but the volume is occasionally disconcerting) - Matt
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