On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:26:16PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > sean finney <seanius@debian.org> writes: > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 12:53:09PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> /run/bootchart, but there seems to be some resistance to actually trying to > >> standardize on /run :) > > > > what about /dev/shm? > > /dev/shm is an implementation detail of POSIX shared memory support by > the Linux kernel. See POSIX 1003.1 (2001) > http://www.cnop.net/docs/susv3/functions/shm_open.html (or download > from www.unix.org). didn't know about that, thanks for the reference. > Some packages chose to place random junk in there (e.g. resolvconf). > This is wrong. This location is for (and *only* for) file-backed > shared memory storage, otherwise there is potential for namespace > clashes, and it's totally disgusting. > > The fact that it's useful for other things should be an indication > that we need another tmpfs mount, mounted elsewhere, rather than > abusing a location intended for a specific, unrelated, use. so it's a choice between abusing a pre-existing location but standards specified for another use, or using a non-existing location with no standards whatsover. can't say i really like either option. more specifically because both are not addressed in policy/fhs, i'd be worried about an in-flow of non-standard, first-come-first-serve namespace usage. sean
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