Re: import wip/ngircd

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 07:50:18PM +0100, sxvghd%firemail.cc@localhost wrote:
> On 2020-01-13 17:08, nia wrote:
> > Only real remaining comments I have are that the ngircd-specific options
> > should be prefixed with ngircd-
> > 
> > If it has a reload config signal, would be nice to support it in the RC
> > file.
> > 
> > I don't think we should delete the license file if it wants to install
> > it
> > to share/doc.
> 
> Ok, so it keeps the license now and the options are prefixed.
> Turns out I didn't read the manpage carefully enough, ngircd does reload
> after a HUP.
> The only problem is that I'm having a bit of a trouble with the pidfile.
> Where should I put it?
> And also is it created by rc.d or do I have to specify it in the config?

I think we usually put pidfiles in @VARBASE@/run/packagename.pid.

Usually pidfiles are also created by the software. inspircd has an option
in its config file for specifying the pidfile location, and the example
config file is patched to match the rc script.