https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309132#c1 --- Comment #1 from JP Rosevear 2007-09-10 08:46:57 MST --- jpr@rook:~> /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon status Checking for Avahi daemon: Failed to open PID file: Permission denied dead jpr@rook:~> /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon status Checking for Avahi daemon: Failed to open PID file: Permission denied dead Its not actually dead. The pid file is just not accessible because avahia-daemon via libdaemon tries to open it read/write instead of just read as a regular user when passed the -c option. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309132#c4 JP Rosevear changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com |bnc-team-gnome-build@forge.provo.novell.com --- Comment #4 from JP Rosevear 2007-09-10 11:22:21 MST ---

From lennart upstream:

If I remember correctly I open it as RDWR there because of a limitation of the file locking APIs on some OSes, where locking files you don't have opened as O_RDWR doesn't work. However, I agree that the bug report mentioned is worth fixing. So it might be advisable to add some code to reopen the file as O_RDONLY if O_RDWR fails, and also to try F_RDLCK as a fallback if F_WRLCK fails. That should be reasonably safe even on more exotic OSes. If have prepared a patch for this in SVN r131 (although I didn't test it) If this works for you I will ship this in the next release of -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309132#c5 --- Comment #5 from Gary Ekker 2007-09-11 11:23:12 MST --- Mauro can you get this patch in before the end of this week? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309132 Gary Ekker changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |gekker@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-gnome-build@forge.provo.novell.com |mauro@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309132#c8 Mauro Parra-Miranda changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #8 from Mauro Parra-Miranda 2007-09-13 14:56:16 MST --- Applied patch suggested in comment #4. Submitted and tested --for compilation-- via abuild & mbuild. In sake of completness, the patch was added to the bug. Test packages available here: http://w3.suse.de/~mauro/bnc-309192/ -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309132#c10 Mauro Parra-Miranda changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #163991|0 |1 is obsolete| | --- Comment #10 from Mauro Parra-Miranda 2007-09-13 15:03:12 MST --- Created an attachment (id=163993) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=163993) Patch for this bug, according to jpr's comment. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.