On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 08:53:12PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > Hello Roger, > > I think the /run implementatio has progressed far enough to update policy. > Your last patch was relative to a previous one. Could you regenerate it > relative to current policy and seconders be so kind as to resecond the result > ? Hi, I have attached the full patch against current policy.git. This is identical to the previous patches, with the addition of a single sentence to the footnote: "Additionally, the subdirectory <file>/run/shm</file> is a replacement for <file>/dev/shm</file>." This is to update the previous draft with the current set of mounts on /run established by initscripts at boot time (/run, /run/lock and /run/shm). I have put this sentence after the comment about the FHS because TTBOMK this is not currently in the initial FHS proposal, though I will bring it up on the FHS list as an optional feature (this subdirectory has not yet been adopted more widely). If this addition is not useful (it's not a top-level dir), I can remove it. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 7377752..c03f646 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6245,10 +6245,24 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/
<item>
<p>
The following directories in the root filesystem are
- additionally allowed: <file>/sys</file> and
- <file>/selinux</file>. <footnote>These directories
- are used as mount points to mount virtual filesystems
- to get access to kernel information.</footnote>
+ additionally allowed: <file>/run</file>,
+ <file>/sys</file> and <file>/selinux</file>.
+ <footnote>The <file>/run</file> directory is a
+ replacement for <file>/var/run</file>, and its
+ subdirectory <file>/run/lock</file> is a replacement for
+ <file>/var/lock</file>. These changes have been
+ adopted by most distributions and have been proposed
+ for inclusion in a future revision of the FHS.
+ Additionally, the subdirectory <file>/run/shm</file>
+ is a replacement for <file>/dev/shm</file>. Files
+ and directories residing in <file>/run</file> should
+ be stored on a temporary filesystem, the purpose of
+ which is storage of ephemeral system state which
+ should not be persistent across a reboot.
+ The <file>/sys</file> and <file>/selinux</file>
+ directories are used as mount points to mount
+ virtual filesystems to get access to kernel
+ information.</footnote>
</p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -6759,14 +6773,19 @@ test -f <var>program-executed-later-in-script</var> || exit 0
</p>
<p>
- <file>/var/run</file> and <file>/var/lock</file> may be mounted
- as temporary filesystems<footnote>
- For example, using the <tt>RAMRUN</tt> and <tt>RAMLOCK</tt>
- options in <file>/etc/default/rcS</file>.
- </footnote>, so the <file>init.d</file> scripts must handle this
- correctly. This will typically amount to creating any required
- subdirectories dynamically when the <file>init.d</file> script
- is run, rather than including them in the package and relying on
+ <file>/var/run</file> and <file>/var/lock</file> should be
+ symlinks to <file>/run</file> and <file>/run/lock</file>,
+ respectively. This arrangement may also be satisfied
+ through equivalent means, for example bind or nullfs
+ mounts. Files and directories residing
+ in <file>/run</file> should be stored on a temporary
+ filesystem and not be persistent across a reboot, and
+ hence the presence of files or directories in any of these
+ directories is not guaranteed and <file>init.d</file>
+ scripts must handle this correctly. This will typically
+ amount to creating any required subdirectories dynamically
+ when the <file>init.d</file> script is run, rather than
+ including them in the package and relying on
<prgn>dpkg</prgn> to create them.
</p>
</sect1>
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