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Date:      Sun, 06 Feb 2005 01:15:18 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: howl-0.9.10
Message-ID:  <1107670518.67186.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <7c5fee237ef19f7b1191c8df4d155cf4@netmusician.org>
References:  <7c5fee237ef19f7b1191c8df4d155cf4@netmusician.org>

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On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 00:52 -0500, Joe Auty wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I'm not sure if Howl is used with other packages, but certainly I would=20
> assume that a common use of howl is in conjunction with the daapd port?

Actually, I use it as a standalone mDNSResponder, with gnome-vfs using
it to learn about network services.  I'm never used daapd.

>=20
> Slight problem: the daapd daemon installed from the port runs as user=20
> "daapd", and the mdnsresponder.sh script included with Howl runs as=20
> root. Consequently, the two can't communicate with each and I'm forced=20
> to use a home-grown rc script.
>=20
> Is there anyway this port can be updated to generate a good rc script?=20
> Maybe a build menu option? It's a bit of a pain to have to mess around=20
> with the rc script to get it to work with daapd everytime I=20
> reinstall/upgrade, etc.

So what would you have me do?

Joe

--=20
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team      ::      gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome

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