On Dec 19, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> wrote: > > Debian guarantees that it exists on debian systems. > No, we don't. We guarantee it exists on Sarge. It may or may not exist in > Etch and Sid in the future. If we use it then it's reasonable to assume that we would not suddenly remove it from a future release. > > > 1. It exists only on Linux-based OS's > > > 2. There is no gaurentee that it will continue to be there at all > > > 3. There is no guareteee that it will remain a filesystem in the future > > > even if it is there. > > > 4. There is no gaurentee that it exists at all. > > These points apply to the proposed tmpfs-based /run as well. > /run would have no other special function, so it is much more future-proof > than using /dev/shm for stuff it was not created for. You keep saying this, but fail to provide any arguments except handwaving. -- ciao, Marco
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