Introduce to rc.subr get_pidfile_from_conf(). It does just what it sounds

like, determines the path to a pid file as it is specified in a conf file.

Use the new feature for rc.d/named and rc.d/devd, the 2 services in the
base that list their pid files in their conf files.

Remove the now-obsolete named_pidfile, and warn users if they have it set.

etc/defaults/rc.conf

@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ named_enable="NO"		# Run named, the DNS server (or NO).
 named_program="/usr/sbin/named" # Path to named, if you want a different one.
 named_conf="/etc/namedb/named.conf" 	# Path to the configuration file
 #named_flags=""			# Use this for flags OTHER than -u and -c
-named_pidfile="/var/run/named/pid" # Must set this in named.conf as well
 named_uid="bind" 		# User to run named as
 named_chrootdir="/var/named"	# Chroot directory (or "" not to auto-chroot it)
 named_chroot_autoupdate="YES"	# Automatically install/update chrooted

etc/rc.d/devd

@@ -13,12 +13,23 @@
 name="devd"
 rcvar=`set_rcvar`
 command="/sbin/${name}"
-pidfile=/var/run/${name}.pid
 
 start_precmd=${name}_prestart
+stop_precmd=find_pidfile
+
+find_pidfile()
+{
+	if get_pidfile_from_conf pid-file /etc/devd.conf; then
+		pidfile="$_pidfile_from_conf"
+	else
+		pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
+	fi
+}
 
 devd_prestart ()
 {
+	find_pidfile
+
 	# If devd is disabled, turn it off in the kernel to avoid memory leaks.
 	if ! checkyesno ${rcvar}; then
 	    $SYSCTL hw.bus.devctl_disable=1

etc/rc.d/named

@@ -112,8 +112,19 @@ named_reload()
 	${command%/named}/rndc reload
 }
 
+find_pidfile()
+{
+	if get_pidfile_from_conf pid-file $named_conf; then
+		pidfile="$_pidfile_from_conf"
+	else
+		pidfile="/var/run/named/pid"
+	fi
+}
+
 named_stop()
 {
+	find_pidfile
+
 	# This duplicates an undesirably large amount of code from the stop
 	# routine in rc.subr in order to use rndc to shut down the process,
 	# and to give it a second chance in case rndc fails.
@@ -156,6 +167,12 @@ create_file () {
 
 named_prestart()
 {
+	find_pidfile
+
+	if [ -n "$named_pidfile" ]; then
+		warn 'named_pidfile: now determined from the conf file'
+	fi
+
 	command_args="-u ${named_uid:=root}"
 
 	if [ ! "$named_conf" = '/etc/namedb/named.conf' ]; then
@@ -279,7 +296,6 @@ load_rc_config $name
 #
 required_dirs="$named_chrootdir"	# if it is set, it must exist
 
-pidfile="${named_pidfile:-/var/run/named/pid}"
 named_confdir="${named_chrootdir}${named_conf%/*}"
 
 run_rc_command "$1"

etc/rc.subr

@@ -383,6 +383,45 @@ wait_for_pids()
 	fi
 }
 
+#
+# get_pidfile_from_conf string file
+#
+#	Takes a string to search for in the specified file.
+#	Ignores lines with traditional comment characters.
+#
+# Example:
+#
+# if get_pidfile_from_conf string file; then
+#	pidfile="$_pidfile_from_conf"
+# else
+#	pidfile='appropriate default'
+# fi
+#
+get_pidfile_from_conf()
+{
+	local string file line
+
+	string="$1" ; file="$2"
+
+	if [ -z "$string" -o -z "$file" ] || [ ! -s "$file" ]; then
+		err 3 'USAGE: get_pidfile_from_conf string file'
+	fi
+
+	while read line; do
+		case "$line" in
+		*[#\;]*${string}*)	continue ;;
+		*${string}*)		break ;;
+		esac
+	done < $file
+
+	if [ -n "$line" ]; then
+		line=${line#*/}
+		_pidfile_from_conf="/${line%%[\"\;]*}"
+	else
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
 #
 # check_startmsgs
 #	If rc_quiet is set (usually as a result of using faststart at

share/man/man5/rc.conf.5

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd January 7, 2011
+.Dd April 22, 2011
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1832,13 +1832,6 @@ is set to
 .Dq Li YES ,
 these are the flags to pass to
 .Xr named 8 .
-.It Va named_pidfile
-.Pq Vt str
-This is the default path to the
-.Xr named 8
-daemon's PID file.
-This must match the location in
-.Xr named.conf 5 .
 .It Va named_uid
 .Pq Vt str
 The user that the