[launchd-dev] Path monitoring failed

[marit]

I have some launchd plists with WatchPaths that are watching  
directories on non-boot (but local internal SATA) drives. On 10.4 the  
watchpaths worked ok, but on 10.5.2, they are failing to load on  
boot. They do load and run correctly if I wait until after boot and  
load them manually with launchctl. Here is the section of syslog  
showing that "path monitoring failed" during startup:


Apr  4 08:27:18 macgoesall com.apple.loginwindow[33]: System shutdown  
time has arrived
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
Apr  4 08:27:42 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: /dev/disk0s3  
on / (hfs, local, journaled)
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl:  
Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/chum.plist
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl:  
Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/ 
dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl:  
Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/ 
pilotfish.plist
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]  
(com.apple.distccdConfigd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd):  
Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd):  
Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Apr  4 08:27:44 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]  
(gov.nasa.gv_age_color_east): Path monitoring failed on "/Volumes/HD3/ 
color/east_out/hurricane2": No such file or directory


Am I missing some launchd configuration that will fix this problem?  
This seems like something that could be solved if OnDemand could use  
the PathState key that KeepAlive has.

Anyway, I finally modified my program to create files on the boot  
disk just for for launchd to watch and with that modification the  
path monitoring works fine; however I'd prefer not to have that added  
feature in my code since it just adds another directory that has to  
be created, passed into the program, cleaned, etc

marit