Thomas Hood wrote: > So, are there any technical obstacles to putting the > run-time state files in a subdirectory of /etc rather > than in the root directory? > > The advantage of /etc/run (or /etc/whatever) over /run is > that it is compatible with the FHS: the FHS allows new > subdirectories in /etc but not in /. > > The objection was raised that this would make /etc > heterogeneous in that it would contain both static and > volatile configuration files. I don't think this is a > serious problem, however. /etc/run can be a separate and > different kind of filesystem (e.g., tmpfs). > > Any other objections? I second this. There is similar stacking (/usr/local in /usr, /var/mail in /var, etc...) in the FHS already. The policy for /usr does not apply for /usr/local so the policy for /etc need not to apply to /etc/run. Also /etc/run do not clutter the / which was a concern outside FHS compliance. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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