misc/169642: rarpd doesn't drop a PID file

[Mike Shuey]

>Number:         169642
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       rarpd doesn't drop a PID file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 04 12:50:08 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mike Shuey
>Release:        9.0-RELEASE
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>Environment:
>Description:
rarpd doesn't drop a PID file in /var/run/rarpd.pid.  According to /etc/rc.d/rarpd, there should be a PID file.  Unfortunately, this means processes looking to see if rarpd is running based on the presence of a PID file (e.g., puppet, cfengine, etc) will most likely keep restarting rarpd indefinitely.
>How-To-Repeat:
/etc/rc.d/rarpd start
ps axuw | grep rarpd (hey look, it's running)
/etc/rc.d/rarpd status (but....that says it's not running)
>Fix:


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