Nginx – PHP5-FPM /var/run/php5-fpm/ directory not found

Today I rebooted my server and PHP5-FPM failed the start due to /var/run/php5-fpm/ not being found.

The /var/run/ is cleared on reboot and most services recreate their /var/run/ directories on reboot as seen in this SF question. I always assumed that PHP5-FPM created /var/run/php5-fpm/ automatically when restarted and prior restarts have had no problems.

Has PHP5-FPM stopped creating the directory in an update or did it never create the directory anyway? My last reboot before today was over 30 days ago and I did not need to manually create the /var/run/php5-fpm/ directory for that or any previous reboots.

Do I need to add mkdir to my init.d file for php5-fpm, or is there another recommended way? Also, why did this "directory not found" error not happen before?

Other info:

The server is running Debian 7 (Wheezy), Nginx, and MySQL.
/var/run is linked to /run/. /run/ has permissions of 755, owned by root.

Thanks.

PHP5-FPM file in /etc/init.d/ contents

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          php-fpm php5-fpm
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts php5-fpm
# Description:       Starts The PHP FastCGI Process Manager Daemon
### END INIT INFO

# Author: Ondrej Sury <ondrej@debian.org>

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="PHP5 FastCGI Process Manager"
NAME=php5-fpm
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS="--daemonize --fpm-config /etc/php5/fpm/php-fpm.conf"
PIDFILE=/var/run/php5-fpm.pid
TIMEOUT=30
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
. /lib/init/vars.sh

# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Don't run if we are running upstart
if init_is_upstart; then
    exit 1
fi

#
# Function to check the correctness of the config file
#
do_check()
{
    /usr/lib/php5/php5-fpm-checkconf || return 1
    return 0
}

#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
        # Return
        #   0 if daemon has been started
        #   1 if daemon was already running
        #   2 if daemon could not be started
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
                || return 1
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
                $DAEMON_ARGS 2>/dev/null \
                || return 2
        # Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
        # to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
        # on this one.  As a last resort, sleep for some time.
}

#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
        # Return
        #   0 if daemon has been stopped
        #   1 if daemon was already stopped
        #   2 if daemon could not be stopped
        #   other if a failure occurred
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=QUIT/$TIMEOUT/TERM/5/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
        RETVAL="$?"
        [ "$RETVAL" = 2 ] && return 2
        # Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks
        # and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript.
        # If the above conditions are not satisfied then add some other code
        # that waits for the process to drop all resources that could be
        # needed by services started subsequently.  A last resort is to
        # sleep for some time.
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/TERM/5/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON
        [ "$?" = 2 ] && return 2
        # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
        rm -f $PIDFILE
        return "$RETVAL"
}

#
# Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
#
do_reload() {
        #
        # If the daemon can reload its configuration without
        # restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
        # then implement that here.
        #
        start-stop-daemon --stop --signal USR2 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
        return 0
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_check $VERBOSE
        case "$?" in
            0)
                do_start
                case "$?" in
                    0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
                    2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
                esac
                ;;
            1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
        esac
        ;;
    stop)
        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_stop
        case "$?" in
                0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
                2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
        esac
        ;;
    status)
        status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
        ;;
    check)
        do_check yes
        ;;
    reload|force-reload)
        log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_reload
        log_end_msg $?
        ;;
    reopen-logs)
        log_daemon_msg "Reopening $DESC logs" $NAME
        if start-stop-daemon --stop --signal USR1 --oknodo --quiet \
            --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
        then
            log_end_msg 0
        else
            log_end_msg 1
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_stop
        case "$?" in
          0|1)
                do_start
                case "$?" in
                        0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
                        1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
                        *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
                esac
                ;;
          *)
                # Failed to stop
                log_end_msg 1
                ;;
        esac
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 1
    ;;
esac

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