[pkg-firebird-general] /var/run is not created after restarted

[marius popa]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org> wrote:

> -=| marius popa, Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:08:05AM +0200 |=-
> > i have  installed the package 2.1 on ubuntu (created from the latest
> version
> > from git )
>
> The only thing left to do before an upload (to experimental initially)
> is rewriting debian/copyright. I already started this, but since the
> sources are so huge, and me being busy with other things, it will take
> time.
>
> > it worked very well only after the system is restarted i get this
> >
> > sudo  /etc/init.d/firebird2.1-super start
> >  * Starting Firebird 2.1 server
> > manager...
> > Could not open /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/run/isc_guard1.borkstationx64 for
> write
> > check /var/log/firebird2.0.log file for errors
> > can not start server
>
> Is this related to
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firebird/+bug/135582 ?
>
> So Ubuntu has /var/run on tmpfs. I somehow didn't know this.

good to know where is the root of all ubunut evil :)

>
>
> This explains the /var/run/firebird disappearance on reboot. The bug is
> from last *Augist* and noone bothered to send a wishlist bugreport to
> Debian BTS... :(

yes the bug is quite old on ubuntu but users patched the init to recreate
the /var/run/firebird/2.x
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12666826/firebird2.0_2.0.3.12981.ds1-1ubuntu3.debdiff
i have requested to be patched into the ubuntu package but seems that nobody
does anything
so have to take it on myself and become an motu then i hope to patch it so i
don't need someone to sponsor it

ps:on debian i didn't observed because servers are on ups :) so we should
create an bug report




>
>
> The fix is trivial and I've included it in both 2.0 (-7 is due around
> next Thursday containing mainly translation updates) and 2.1 (git).
>
ok great to know it ,
another thing is how do i ignore .git files when i create the package ?
could you give me some tips because my .orig.tar.gz is quite huge (24 megs)

>
> OTOH, the -classic server has no initscript so it is going to need a
> wrapper around fb_inet_server, fb_lock_manager and possibly other
> -classic binaries. Doh!

no wonder that is nightmare for you to maintain the firebird package :)
I guess we should find an elegant solution without too much work


>
>
> Is mountiing /var/run on tmpfs the standard Ubuntu behaviour?

i will check to see what is the ubuntu policy on this
ps: i hate when distro maintainers become too smart and start messing with
things that worked before

>
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