On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:46:31AM +0100, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > On 17 Mar 2003 01:03:31 +0100 > > Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > > > > > > In this instance the problem has been redefined to be "where should > > > > the ifupdown state file go". > > > > > > Only place it could go (same with /etc/mtab, /etc/mdtab, /etc/lvmtab) > > > would be a state-fs in the kernel thats similar to the devfs or ramfs. > > > > > > > That would be a kernel dependent solution, and hence only a partial > > solution. > Only possible solution. No physical filesystem is garantied writeable > or even existing so a virtual one is needed. Providing such a guarantee is the point of standardizing on /run (and leaving the implementation details -- physical vs. in-memory -- to the local admin). -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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