Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

[Gabor Gombas <gombasg@sztaki.hu>]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:09:05PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote:

> Given the need, and now the reality, of /run, is there any need for a
> separate /var/run?  I vote we migrate to /var/run -> /run, at least in
> the default install.

If /run is tmpfs, it means everything stored there eats virtual memory.
So a musch metter strategy would be to move everything from /run to
/var/run at the end of the boot process.

Gabor

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