Re: /run vs /var/run
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md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) writes:
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> On Dec 18, Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> wrote:
>
>> > Debian guarantees that it exists on debian systems.
>> But what about the future, and what about it being specifically for
>> POSIX-SHM?
> Tell us... Do you have reasons to believe that we will be forced to
> remove /dev/shm/ in the future?
Yes. Being an implementation detail of POSIX-SHM, the kernel or libc
are free to change the POSIX-SHM implementation at any time, so there
are no guarantees. As Christoph mentioned, there is no requirement
for it to be user visible; it's not mandated by any standard. As long
as shm_open(3) et. al. continue to work, any change could be made
without breaking backwards compatibility.
This is independent of it being inappropriate to use for non-SHM uses.
>> /run doesn't especially /need/ to be a tmpfs fs does it? It could
> The current proposal does.
Only if you want a read-only root. If you don't, you could create
/run on the root filesystem, or symlink it to /var/run.
Regards,
Roger
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