Bug 605

Summary: make install don't create piddir
Product: Portable OpenSSH Reporter: Roumen Petrov <bugtrack>
Component: Build systemAssignee: OpenSSH Bugzilla mailing list <openssh-bugs>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P2    
Version: -current   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 606    

Description Roumen Petrov 2003-06-26 17:46:11 AEST 
Command "make install" should create piddir.
Comment 1 Damien Miller 2003-06-26 21:48:05 AEST 
no - it is the job of the sysadmin to put piddir somewhere sane.
Comment 2 Roumen Petrov 2003-06-27 00:45:02 AEST 
In that case could we remove
(umask 022 ; $(srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(PRIVSEP_PATH))
because it is the job of the sysadmin to do this ;-) ?
Comment 3 Ben Lindstrom 2003-06-27 00:50:44 AEST 
I agree with Damien we should not be making the directory for the PID file.
If the admin sets a custom pid file path then they are on their own.
Comment 4 Tim Rice 2003-06-27 02:12:17 AEST 
We DO warn if the specified piddir doesn't exist.
....
if test ! -d $piddir ; then
AC_MSG_WARN([** no $piddir directory on this system **])
fi
....

That's a clue to ethier specify a different piddir or create it.
Comment 5 Roumen Petrov 2003-06-27 21:35:19 AEST 
What about to DO warn out of AC_ARG_WITH(pid-dir....) statement in configure ?
Comment 6 Damien Miller 2004-04-14 12:24:19 AEST 
Mass change of RESOLVED bugs to CLOSED