Changing /usr/local/ by adding var/run/ lets hiawatha write the pid file. A note in the pkg message that that needs to be done would be nice. R/
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:48:13 +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: >I sent the message below to misc@ but obviously no-one there runs >Hiawatha. >=== >Installed from my ISP's mirror. > >Starting hiawatha results in: >Warning: can't write PID file /usr/local/var/run/hiawatha.pid. > >There is no file of that name found by locate. >There is no directory var/run in /usr/local/ > >hiawatha runs seemly ok other than the above. > >Any clues? >=== > >Maybe nobody runs Hiawatha? > >I can't see how I could have caused the problem: >I did: pkg_add hiawatha >no problem reported >started hiawatha >error message appears >hiawatha is running undaunted... >no pid file anywhere that I can see > >Maybe the PID is not needed? But why would the error message appear? > >I'm confused... > >/Rod/ > > >Rod/ > >From the land "down under": Australia. >Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over? > > > > > > > *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ --- This life is not the real thing. It is not even in Beta. If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it.
