Re: [Ltib] patch: nss-mdns, Avahi, dbus, libdaemon

[Mike Goins]

>> I think without localstatedir specified, it defaults to var.
>
> The default is /usr/var, I think.  I think it needs to point at something 
> that is usually on tmpfs, otherwise the stale pid file keeps things from 
> launching after a hardware reset.

Yep, I had the exact same issue. Dbus appears to append a "run/dbus"
to the --localstatedir and assumes it's always a tempfs.

I just committed the changes to our SCM and will be in production
releases later this week.  Good job.