#8 Client writes PID file, optional PID file tag added

[Morgon Kanter]

This patch makes a client write their PID file to the
PID dir as well. Also, it allows an optional tag to be
added to the PID filename so more than one can run
concurrently. This has been used on the
Debian-distributed version of vtun for a long time.

[alan johnson]

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maybe should use

[Bishop]

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Surgo,

Can you refactor this patch for the Branch-3_X cvs source?
I'd like to get this into 3.0, and it may need to be soon.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Shouldn't be much of a change in the code, if a change at
all. I'll get on this, sorry it took so long to reply.

Check out the Debian package for any other patches we have
(the one that gives /dev/random support when OpenSSL is
absent comes to mind). Since they just patch the official
version, the code shouldn't need to be changed.

[Bishop]

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Surgo,

The makefile patch is separate. I think we should treat it
separately so that the two can be merged on their own merits.

Vtun folks don't often have an opportunity to stroll out to
ISV sites and other web sites in the hopes of finding
applicable patches. The SF UI is a great way to let us know
which would benefit us all through inclusion. It also
avoids a potential legal implication that can arise if vtun
staff pulls in patches without making doubly sure the patch
has a compatible license, for instance. Offered patches are
'safer'.

Having said that, both the makefile patch and the pid_dir
patch have a lot of interest.

[Bishop]

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File Added: 01-pidfile.dpatch

[Bishop]

 patch to allow clients to write the pid, pid writing has optional tag