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Re: /run support for wheezy?



On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 05:39:13PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Julien Cristau 
> 
> | On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 16:20:10 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> | 
> | > Given that Fedora are adopting /run, and it has been something
> | > we have wanted in the past, is anyone working on implementing
> | > /run in Debian?
> | > 
> | > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/146976
> 
> Incidentially, I just sent a mail proposing this as a release goal.
> 
> | That seems to say "on Debian /lib/init/rw was introduced for the same
> | thing, but I'm using a different name just because I can".  What am I
> | missing?
> 
> It's a bit of an abuse of the /lib namespace.  It also outlines a plan
> for how to get rid of /var/run and /var/lock long-term, something I
> don't believe /lib/init/rw ever tried to.  It was just somewhere to
> stuff random early data.

Exactly.  It also provides a place for people currently abusing the
/dev tmpfs, and using /etc as a writable location for cache files
(LVM2).

% ls -1d /dev/.*
/dev/.initramfs
/dev/.initramfs-tools
/dev/.mdadm
/dev/.udev

Once present, it should be easy to provide compatibility symlinks
for /lib/init/rw, /var/run and /var/lock.


Regards,
Roger

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