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Horus107
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 Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: popfile: Why not file in init.d |
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Hello,
is there any reason that no startup file for popfile is placed in init.d? I would really appreciate such a file...
Thanks,
Florian |
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lyallp
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:06 am Post subject: What I did to solve the problem... |
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/etc/init.d/popfile
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#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2004 Lyall Pearce
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# Constructed by Lyall Pearce, 2004
# Note: You need to start popfile on boot
depend() {
need net
}
start() {
ebegin "Starting popfile"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --env POPFILE_ROOT="${POPFILE_ROOT}" --exec "${POPFILE_ROOT}/popfile.pl"
eend $?
}
stop() {
ebegin "Stopping popfile"
start-stop-daemon --stop --verbose --name ${POPFILE_ROOT}/popfile.pl
eend $?
}
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Requires a patch to /usr/share/popfile/POPFile/Configuration.pm
This overcomes the start-stop-daemon program not allowing more than one --env option
in the /etc/init.d/popfile script
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# Local copies of POPFILE_ROOT and POPFILE_USER
$self->{popfile_root__} = $ENV{POPFILE_ROOT} || './';
$self->{popfile_user__} = $ENV{POPFILE_USER} || './'; |
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# Local copies of POPFILE_ROOT and POPFILE_USER
# Hacked by Lyall Pearce to make POPFILE_USER default to POPFILE_ROOT if not found
$self->{popfile_root__} = $ENV{POPFILE_ROOT} || './';
$self->{popfile_user__} = $ENV{POPFILE_USER} || $ENV{POPFILE_ROOT} || './'; |
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genterminl
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the script. I'm sorry I didn't find it months ago...
One question, though - where should POPFILE_ROOT be set? I've just added | Code: | | POPFILE_ROOT=/usr/share/popfile |
to the beginning of the script, but somehow, that doesn't feel right.
EDIT: Oops - just one more search and I fouind https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-490909-highlight-.html which says to put that line in /etc/conf.d/popfile.
That worked like a charm. |
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lyallp
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Glad someone found it useful.
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genterminl
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| After several more versions, I still have a problem with the next reboot after an upgrade, since my manual edit to /usr/share/popfile/POPFile/Configuration.pm gets overwritten. For me, the main issue is the reversion to putting the database in / instead of /usr/share/popfile. I'm willing to log a bug to get the changes incorporated into the ebuild, unless someone has a reason that shouldn't be done. |
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lyallp
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:26 am Post subject: |
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I had the same issue, each upgrade, I have to re-apply my changes.
Feel free to post a bug report. I guess a gentoo patch would do the job for this, but I think the polling interval should be addressed by popfile devs themselves.
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genterminl
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Arghhh!!!! Just did my first reboot after updating to popfile 1.1.1, and had to go through all this (both this post and 707572) again. I thought I had filed a bug, but obviously not. I have now filed bug 319201
edit:corrected bug reference. |
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lyallp
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 4:46 am Post subject: |
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Another 'patch' to Popfile.
Popfile uses excessive CPU.
If you, like me, dislike watching processes chew CPU, then you may like to patch /usr/share/popfile/POPFile/Loader.pm, at roughly line 765, to increase the select delay from a measly 0.05 to 1 second.
| Code: | | select(undef, undef, undef, 0.05) if !$nowait; |
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| Code: | | select(undef, undef, undef, 1) if !$nowait; |
This will stop Popfile from appearing in your 'top' display, constantly.
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