uuidd(8) man page had a typo, and a couple of stale defaults
documented.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]>
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Index: e2fsprogs-1.40.4/misc/uuidd.8.in
===================================================================
--- e2fsprogs-1.40.4.orig/misc/uuidd.8.in
+++ e2fsprogs-1.40.4/misc/uuidd.8.in
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ UUID's.
.TP
.BI \-p " pidfile"
Specify the pathname where the pid file should be written. By default,
-the pid file is written to /var/run/uuidd.pid.
+the pid file is written to /var/lib/libuuid/uuidd.pid.
.TP
.BI \-s " socketpath"
Specify the pathname used for the unix-domain socket used by uuidd. By
-qdefault, the pathname used is /var/run/uuidd.sock. This is primarily
+default, the pathname used is /var/lib/libuuid/request. This is primarily
for debugging purposes, since the pathname is hard-coded in the libuuid
library.
.TP
Eric Sandeen wrote:
> uuidd(8) man page had a typo, and a couple of stale defaults
> documented.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]>
>
> ---
>
> Index: e2fsprogs-1.40.4/misc/uuidd.8.in
> ===================================================================
> --- e2fsprogs-1.40.4.orig/misc/uuidd.8.in
> +++ e2fsprogs-1.40.4/misc/uuidd.8.in
> @@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ UUID's.
> .TP
> .BI \-p " pidfile"
> Specify the pathname where the pid file should be written. By default,
> -the pid file is written to /var/run/uuidd.pid.
> +the pid file is written to /var/lib/libuuid/uuidd.pid.
Actually, hang on. Why is this in /var/lib, not /var/run?
I can see keeping state files in /var/lib so they're persistent across
boots, but the pidfile?
-Eric