Bug#672160: Directory /boot/console-setup

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2012-05-10 19:45 +0200, Roger Leigh wrote:

> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 07:43:46PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
>> [Please preserve the CC to 672160@bugs.debian.org because I am not 
>> subscribed to debian-devel.]
>> 
>> First the problem in few words.  The package console-setup needs an 
>> access to a directory similar to /var very early during the boot process 
>> - when /var is not yet mounted.  Currently it creates files in the 
>> directory /etc/console-setup.
>
> We created /run for exactly this purpose.  Create /run/console-setup
> and put what you need inside there.

AIUI the data is not volatile, and it needs to be read early in the boot
process, that's why /var was not suitable.

Cheers,
       Sven