Re: PIDFile not written/missing in tor-0.1.1.5-alpha-cvs

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hi,

> i'll start a 'near-stock' build here in a second ... w/
>
>     ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tor-test

given a clean/stock build as:

% cvs -d :pserver:guest@xxxxxxxxxxxx:/home/or/cvsroot co -d tor-cvs tor
% unsetenv CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXX CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS LDDLFLAGS LD_PREBIND LC_ALL 
LANG LINGUAS
% cd ./tor-cvs

% autoreconf -i -f
% ./configure \
  --prefix=/usr/local/tor-test
% make
% make install

% cp /usr/local/tor-test/etc/tor/torrc.sample /usr/local/tor-test/etc/tor/torrc
% cp torrc.sample torrc
% /usr/local/tor-test/etc/tor

syslog shows:
   ...
   Aug 26 10:24:18.708 [notice] Tor v0.1.1.5-alpha-cvs. This is experimental
   software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity.
   Aug 26 10:24:18.712 [notice] Initialized libevent version 1.1a using method
   poll. Good.
   Aug 26 10:24:18.713 [notice] connection_create_listener(): Opening Socks
   listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
   Aug 26 10:24:18.715 [warn] tor_init(): You are running Tor as root. You
   don't need to, and you probably shouldn't.
   Aug 26 10:24:35.487 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks
   like it's working.

% ps -ax | grep tor
 525  p2  R+     0:04.37 ./tor

but, alas:

% ls -al /private/var/run/Tor.pid
	/usr/local/bin/ls: /private/var/run/Tor.pid: No such file or directory

no pidfile is being written.

soooo, per my earlier points ... is this indicative of any OTHER file/dir/perms 
problems in tor, or JUST this particular file?

i suspect it may be the former ... but, again, simply dunno.

thoughts/next steps?
thx,

richard

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