From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 10 17:50:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20449B8C for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FE56CD8 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r0AHo0XR068889 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r0AHo0oJ068888; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT Message-Id: <201301101750.r0AHo0oJ068888@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Paul Beard Subject: Re: ports/175175: rrdtool 1.4 hangs without generating graphs, multiple jobs running at once X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Beard List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:50:01 -0000 The following reply was made to PR ports/175175; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Paul Beard To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, paulbeard@gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: ports/175175: rrdtool 1.4 hangs without generating graphs, multiple jobs running at once Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:45:10 -0800 I ran 'postmaster -t .'on rrdtool this morning and that did resolve the = issue of the jobs just hanging and never exiting. So now the graphs are = output correctly, which means cacti pages load properly and the server = doesn't end up with a load average over 40.=20 But the rrd files themselves aren't being updated. They stopped being = updated last night, probably around when I noticed this and = rebuilt/reinstalled rrdtool. If an older version of rrdtool tried to = write to the newer files (I accidentally installed 1.2 over 1.4 since I = mistakenly assumed rrdtool without a version number was 1.0) would that = damage them to where they could not be written to by 1.4?=20 Never mind. I see that rrdtool, called by cacti's cmd.php process, will = update the timestamps, at the very least. Spine won't, for whatever = reason.=20 But now, after some more tinkering, that doesn't work anymore either.=20 I think I'll leave it alone now.=20 -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?=20