Netatalk 4.x

[blake at netjibbing.com]

The quoting on startupitem.executable was my main issue. I’ll incorporate these other tips as well. 

Thanks! 


> On Feb 11, 2025, at 9:30 PM, Ryan Carsten Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> On Feb 11, 2025, at 20:19, Blake wrote:
>> 
>> startupitem.name    ${name}
> 
> That's the default so you should omit this line.
> 
>> startupitem.executable  "${prefix}/sbin/netatalk -d -F ${prefix}/etc/afp.conf"
> 
> Per guide.macports.org:
> 
> Do not wrap values in quotes if passing arguments to the daemon; “executable” StartupItem elements must be tagged individually so the spaces between arguments serve as delimiters for “string” tags.
> 
>> startupitem.pidfile auto /var/run/netatalk.pid
> 
> We usually put these inside ${prefix} but since you're using an executable not a script you don't need a pidfile at all.