uptimed init.d should create /var/run/uptimed this directory as needed or pid file should point to var/run/uptimed.pid This bug should block Bug 332633 Reproducible: Always
yeps indeed. It's even worse as uptimed actually starts/run, but because the pid file is missing, rc-status reports it as 'crashed'. If you /etc/init.d/uptimed start again, ANOTHER uptimed will be started, as shown by ps...
+*uptimed-0.3.17 (19 Dec 2012) +*uptimed-0.3.16-r5 (19 Dec 2012) + + 19 Dec 2012; Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> + -uptimed-0.3.16-r4.ebuild, +uptimed-0.3.16-r5.ebuild, +uptimed-0.3.17.ebuild, + -files/uptimed, files/uptimed.init: + Non-maintainer commit: Revision bump so stable users get a working + (completely rewritten) init script again (bug #445398). Version bump. +