Bug#620870: debian-policy: Please add /run as FHS exception
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 08:34:38PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.9.1.0
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> Please could you add /run as an exception to the FHS? I've attached
> a patch with proposed text.
>
> References:
> #620191 - initscripts support for /run
> #620157 - base-files provides /run
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/146976
> - Fedora adoption
> http://bugs.freestandards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=718
> - FHS proposal
>
> Summary:
> /run is the new home for the contents of /var/run
> /run/lock is the new home for the contents of /var/lock
>
> This is something we've wanted in Debian for many years, which
> resulted in the compromise of creating /lib/init/rw. However,
> Fedora, SuSE, Ubuntu and ourselves have proposed to create /run
> as a temporary filesystem available from early boot to replace
> /lib/init/rw, /var/run and /var/lock. The above bugs are the
> Debian implementation.
>
> In the attached patch I have documented /run as an FHS exception
> along with a brief rationale in the footnote, and also updated the
> notes for init scripts to reflect the change. Note that I've put
> the change in present (rather than future) tense because this is
> already adopted by other distributions, and the above bugs should
> mean it will be adopted in Debian very soon as well.
>
> If you would prefer to delay adding this until we actually have this
> working in unstable, that's fine. I just wanted to make sure that
> the change is documented correctly.
I suggest to wait until /run exists in unstable systems, but not until packages are
using it. This allows developers to notice the change and maybe comment on
the patch.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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