1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/distcc/files/distcc b/meta/recipes-devtools/distcc/files/distcc
index c7c414d829..e36f0fa695 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/distcc/files/distcc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/distcc/files/distcc
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ should_start() {
                 echo "$DAEMON not starting"
                 exit 0
         fi
+        # we need permission to write to the pid file
+        touch /var/run/$NAME.pid
+        chown distcc /var/run/$NAME.pid
 }
 
 case "$1" in
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ case "$1" in
             echo "$0: stop failed with error code $code" >&2
             exit $code
         }
+        rm -f /var/run/$NAME.pid >/dev/null 2>&1
         echo "."
         ;;
   restart|force-reload)
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ case "$1" in
                 --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS $ALLOW ||
         {
             code=$?
+            rm -f /var/run/$NAME.pid >/dev/null 2>&1
             echo "$0: restart failed with error code $code" >&2
             exit $code
         }