[MacPorts] #20545: smartmontools no longer loaded on Tiger (was: smartmontools removes the user's config file and no longer works)

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#20545: smartmontools no longer loaded on Tiger
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  Reporter:  vinc17@…             |       Owner:  toby@…           
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  reopened         
  Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  ports                |     Version:  1.7.1            
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:                   
      Port:  smartmontools        |  
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Changes (by vinc17@…):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  worksforme =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:8 toby@…]:
 > RunAtLoad wouldn't make any sense - that only causes the job to get run
 once.

 It does make sense. This is what Apple sometimes does for daemons that
 need to run all the time, e.g. in
 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vix.cron.plist.

 I don't see what you mean by "that only causes the job to get run once".
 Actually I also need <key>OnDemand</key><false/> so that the daemon is
 restarted automatically after being killed.

 > KeepAlive is true, that should be enough.

 Apple doesn't seem to use KeepAlive very much:
 {{{
 $ grep KeepAlive /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/*
 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.usbmuxd.plist:
 <key>KeepAlive</key>
 }}}
 But this plist also has <key>RunAtLoad</key><true/> and
 <key>OnDemand</key><false/>.

 > I don't see how you can say it's "clearly broken" - for me, it "clearly
 works".

 It works on ''your'' machine. But machines are different, with different
 options and so on. You mustn't assume that just because it works on your
 machine, it isn't buggy, in particular when analyzing various plist files
 shows a clear difference.

 > Are you on Tiger or something?

 Yes, I'm on Tiger. Hmm... According to
 [http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html
 Technical Note TN2083 - Daemons and Agents], this is what makes the
 difference, KeepAlive is supported as of 10.5 only. In fact, setting
 OnDemand to false would be sufficient.

 (Wondering why trac doesn't have an "OS" field, contrary to usual BTS.)

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