ports/109298: dns/ddclient 3.7.1 fails startup because of missing cache directory

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

>Number:         109298
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       dns/ddclient 3.7.1 fails startup because of missing cache directory
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 18 23:50:05 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Torfinn Ingolfsen
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
LNSF 
>Environment:


System: FreeBSD kg-omni1.kg4.no 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Sat Feb 17 23:07:03 CET 2007     root at kg-i81:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/I81K  i386



>Description:


port ddclient 3.7.1 fails to startup with the error message:
Feb 19 00:29:17 kg-omni1 ddclient[1344]: FATAL:    Cannot create file '/var/tmp/ddclient/ddclient.cache'. (No such file or directory)
because the directory /var/tmp/ddclient doesn't exist.


>How-To-Repeat:


install ddclient 3.7.1 from ports
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ddclient start


>Fix:


workaround: create /var/tmp/ddclient directory
fix: perhaps the port installation should crete this directory?


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