Hi, On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 06:42:34PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: [Excellent summary of discussion surrounding /run] > So, I propose the following course of action: > > 1) Create /run in base-files, mode 755, owned by root.root. > 2) Patch those programs using /etc to store state to check for the existence > of first /var/run and then /run, and use the first found location as the > location of their state files. Thus we can use /var/run if (e.g. on a > workstation) /var has been mounted, and /run if it has not. > 3) Amend policy to acknowledge /run and specify that programs requiring a > location to write state to when the system is still being initialised > (i.e just after the system has booted, prior to /var being mounted) use > /run; for all other programs the FHS applies. > > Comments? Hear, hear. Emile. -- E-Advies - Emile van Bergen emile@e-advies.nl tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 http://www.e-advies.nl
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