Trying to start tinyproxy. The init.d script says it failed to start, but it is in fact running Trying to stop it doesn't work and I have to kill it by hand. Nothing serious, but thought I'd report. orionte user # /etc/init.d/tinyproxy start * Starting tinyproxy ... * start-stop-daemon: did not create a valid pid in `/run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid' * Failed to start tinyproxy [ !! ] * ERROR: tinyproxy failed to start orionte user # cat /run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid 6324 orionte user # pidof tinyproxy 6335 6334 6333 6332 6331 6330 6329 6328 6327 6326 6324 orionte user # /etc/init.d/tinyproxy stop * WARNING: tinyproxy is already stopped orionte user # netstat -nap |grep tinyproxy tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8888 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 6324/tinyproxy orionte user # /etc/init.d/tinyproxy stop * WARNING: tinyproxy is already stopped orionte user # pidof tinyproxy 6335 6334 6333 6332 6331 6330 6329 6328 6327 6326 6324 Tinyproxy is net-proxy/tinyproxy-1.8.3-r3. emerge --info: Portage 2.2.18 (python 3.3.5-final-0, default/linux/x86/13.0, gcc-4.8.4, glibc-2.20-r2, 3.12.13-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.12.13-gentoo-i686-Intel-R-_Celeron-R-_CPU_3.06GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 2063272 total, 885496 free KiB Swap: 2097148 total, 2097148 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:15:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p33-r2 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p33-r2::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo, 3.4.1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.2-r1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.13.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3-r1::gentoo, 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo, 1.14.1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.4::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage 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I believe this is fixed in newer versions after adding a tmpfiles_process command, please test with 1.10.0 and reopen if it's still an issue.