Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted
Hi Bill!
You wrote:
> Thanks a lot! I will try to improve it again:
>
> As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory
> intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during
> the boot process when /var is not yet mounted.
>
> /run must be in the root filesystem, or it must be made available at the
> time the root filesystem would be mounted in read-write mode. It must be
> writeable. It is not required that its content survives system reboot.
Should't the distinction between /run and /var/run be made more
explicit? Something like:
State files must go into /var/run unless they are needed/created before
/var is mounted rw, in which case they must go into /run.
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Kind regards,
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