GNU bug report logs - #45202
pcscd service doesn't respond to SIGTERM

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Message #16 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Raffael Stocker <r.stocker <at> mnet-mail.de>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org, 45202-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45202: pcscd service (pcsc-lite) doesn't handle run
 directory properly
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 01:33:34 +0100

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:

> Thanks for the report!  I'm closing this bug because I believe to've fixed it
> on master.  Pull it and see.
>
> /var/run has no place on modern GNU/Linux.  We should strive to migrate all
> remaining users to /run, but there's no rush.

Thanks, that seems to solve this problem.

However, I now noticed a new one: pcscd doesn't seem to be killable
easily (at least not by a TERM signal), so "herd stop pcscd" has
no effect.  Sending a KILL signal and starting with "herd start pcscd"
works without problems, though.

Regards,
Raffael

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