Subject: [32751] net/dhcp startupitem

[Blair Zajac]

Hi Mark,

I was seeing the following:

1) One dhcpd would start.

2) Every 10 seconds thereafter, another dhcpd would be started, but it  
couldn't bind to the port since the first one was running.

It appears that the startupitem infrastructure wasn't keeping track of  
dhcpd running and deamonizing itself.

I haven't read the guide yet.  What do you suggest?  Putting a -f to  
dhcpd so it stays in the foreground?

Regards,
Blair

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On Jan 13, 2008, at 12:11 PM, markd at macports.org wrote:

> Hi Blair,
>
> Executable startupitems are the preferred type.  Daemondo can track  
> pids
> automatically and reliably restart an application if it quits.  See  
> the
> guide on this:
>
> http://guide.macports.org/#reference.startupitems
>
> Given how startupitem executables work, I don't see an advantage to
> reverting to a "script" startupitem.  Or is there something I am  
> missing
> particular to dhcp?
>
> Mark
>
>> Log Message:
>> -----------
>> Use a startupitem method that uses dhcpd's PID file.
>
>> Modified Paths:
>> --------------
>>   trunk/dports/net/dhcp/Portfile
>>
>> Modified: trunk/dports/net/dhcp/Portfile
>> ===================================================================
>> --- trunk/dports/net/dhcp/Portfile      2008-01-13 03:07:29 UTC (rev
>> 32750)
>> +++ trunk/dports/net/dhcp/Portfile      2008-01-13 03:35:29 UTC (rev
>> 32751)
>> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>>
>> name                   dhcp
>> version                        3.1.0
>> -revision               1
>> +revision               2
>> categories             net
>> description            ISC dhcpd server
>> long_description       ISC's Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
>> Distribution \
>> @@ -40,8 +40,9 @@
>> configure.pre_args
>>
>> startupitem.create     yes
>> -startupitem.name       dhcpd
>> -startupitem.executable ${prefix}/sbin/dhcpd
>> +startupitem.start      "${prefix}/sbin/dhcpd"
>> +startupitem.restart    "/bin/kill -HUP \$(/bin/cat
>> ${prefix}/var/run/dhcpd.pid)"
>> +startupitem.stop       "/bin/kill -15 \$(/bin/cat
>> ${prefix}/var/run/dhcpd.pid)"
>
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