Bug 402399 – media-sound/squeezeboxserver fails to start when /var/run/squeezeboxserver is missing

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Roy Thompson 2012-02-06 13:40:56 UTC]

/var/run can be mounted tmpfs and cleared during a reboot.  Hence, programs (or
their init scripts) should not rely on dirs under /var/run and should create
them if necessary instead.

squeezeboxserver fails to start when /var/run/squeezeboxserver is missing:


[12-02-06 13:02:42.1336] main::init (326) Starting Squeezebox Server (v7.5.5, r32671, Mon Jul 11 12:59:44 MDT 2011) perl 5.012004
[12-02-06 13:02:42.2548] Carp::croak (62) Warning: write_file '/var/run/squeezeboxserver/squeezeboxserver.pid' - sysopen: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/squeezeboxserver line 1060

The attached patch to the init script calls checkpath to ensure this directory exists when the service is started.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. remove /var/run/squeezeboxserver
2. try to start the service
Actual Results:  
squeezeboxserver fails to start

Expected Results:  
squeezeboxserver should start

[Comment 1 Roy Thompson 2012-02-06 13:41:52 UTC]

Created attachment 301033 [details, diff]
patch to files/squeezeboxserver.init.d

[Comment 2 Joe Peterson (RETIRED) 2012-04-12 22:46:42 UTC]

Package has been masked for removal - please reopen for:

    media-sound/logitechmediaserver-bin

if still an issue there.