Directory /var/lock/subsys needs to be created in Current EDIT: No it doesn't

piratesmack · 05-01-2010, 01:47 PM

I just installed updates on Slackware-Current and noticed an error message when booting:

Code:

touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/messagebus': No such file or directory

Fixed it with 'mkdir /var/lock/subsys'

Alien Bob · 05-01-2010, 02:22 PM

That lockfile creation will be removed in the next update - should be out about now. It is a piece of Redhat-ism and should not have been there in the first place.

Eric

piratesmack · 05-01-2010, 02:42 PM

Oh, nevermind then.

Thanks, Alien

bonecrusher · 07-12-2010, 10:45 AM

Same for 13.0 / tightvnc-1.3.10-i486-1. Wants to lock under 'subsys'. Needs an rc and/or source fix, apparently:

rc.vncservers:

Code:

Line:24
   [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/vncserver
Line:37
    [ "$RETVAL" -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/vncserver
Line:62
        if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/vncserver ]; then