[Devel] Patch: several small cleanups and fixes

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

Hi Christian,

thanks for the explanation :)...crystal clear now.

thanks and regards,
bogdan

Christian Schlatter wrote:
> ...
>>>
>>> 4) add-openser-run-dir.patch
>>> This creates a ".dirs" file in the debian directories to add 
>>> "/var/run/openser" to the packaging system. Otherwise this directory 
>>> must be manualy created, and it will be sometimes after a reboot 
>>> deleted (at least on ubuntu). This is much more user friendly and 
>>> avoid confusion why the server would not start.
>>>   
>> what will be the purpose of the /var/run/openser directory? openser 
>> does not use it ..afaik...
>
> When running openser as non-root user it can't write its pid file into 
> /var/run since this is owned by root in ubuntu. That's why there is a 
> need for the /var/run/openser directory owned by the openser user.
>
> Ubuntu and I think Debian too cleans the /var/run folder on reboot and 
> so the /var/run/openser gets deleted on every reboot without the 
> add-openser-run-dir.patch.
>
> Christian
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