innd bootup script is crippled. creating PID file in non existent dir.

Binary package hint: inn

When installing inn, the daemon starts and works properly. Upon rebooting the machine innd doesn't get started cleaming it can not descent into the directory /var/run/innd.

Some investigation learned that the script /etc/init.d/inn contained some inconsistencies about which directory should contain the pid file. Below is a portion of the script as directly extracted from "inn_1%3a1.7.2debian-31_i386", affected lines are 9,10,11,12 where /var/run/news should be replaced by /var/run/innd.

Since this prefends inn to start both automaticly and manually after a reboot I suggest a critical status. Luckely with a dead-easy fix.

##### /etc/init.d/inn #########

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# Start/stop the news server.

test -f /usr/sbin/innd || exit 0

case "$1" in
  start)
    if [ ! -d /var/run/news ]; then ## CONFLICTING LINE
      mkdir -p /var/run/news ## CONFLICTING LINE
      chown news:news /var/run/news ## CONFLICTING LINE
      chmod 775 /var/run/news ## CONFLICTING LINE
    fi
    start-stop-daemon --quiet --start --exec /etc/news/boot
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping news server:"
    if [ -f /var/run/innd/innwatch.pid ]; then
      echo -n " innwatch"
      start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --oknodo \
        --pidfile /var/run/innd/innwatch.pid
    fi