Re: /run/, resolvconf and read-only root

[Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 05:22:11PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> >From that perspective there is no problem to solve, but things look
> different to the admin of a system with a read-only boot medium.
> Have you ever had your root filesystem mounted read-only for
> maintenance?

Red herring.  Having a root filesystem mounted for read-only for
maintenance is only needed when you need to check the filesystem for
consistency.  That's not a normal running state where you are trying
to run any other init scripts or get normal system daemons to run. 

So the fact that a system administrator rarely needs to have the root
filesystem mounted read-only while she trying to fix filesystem
corruption problems is not a justification for the complexity and hair
and possible compatibility problems with the rest of the world by
moving files to /run.

						- Ted