Bug#415318: mldonkey-server: Cannot start after a power failure

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

"spiral voice" <spiralvoice@hotmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> MLdonkey core supports a parameter
>
>  -pid : directory for pid file
>
> where to place pid files.
>
> Support for this option was added in mldonkey-server-2.8.1-3:
>
>   * Using -pid option of mlnet to create the pidfile, closes: #341615.
>
> Unstable has already version 2.8.3-1 of mldonkey-server, due to the
> upcoming release of Etch and its feature freeze this new version
> unfortunately did not made it into testing.
>
> Greetings, spiralvoice

Does that imply the default has also changed to a policy compliant
location and that mlnet will detect stale pid files automatically?

MfG
        Goswin