I have put together a patch which I am using in my local build.
Author: Nicholas Bamber <nicho...@periapt.co.uk> Subject: /dev/shm is writeable Last-Update: 2011-01-07 Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=603338 --- a/systems/Linux/2/config +++ b/systems/Linux/2/config @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ # Linux/2/config - 04/17/2005 - jfs - Added IPTABLES and CMP # Linux/2/config - 05/20/2006 - jfs - Use TAIL properly (POSIX 1003.2-1992) # Linux/2/config - 04/25/2009 - jfs - Use apache2 directory if available in Debian +# Linux/2/config - 07/01/2011 - npb - Add /dev/shm to FS_WDIRSYS # #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ LOCFS=ext2 export LOCFS -FS_WDIRSYS="/tmp/ /var/tmp/ /var/spool/mail/" +FS_WDIRSYS="/tmp/ /var/tmp/ /var/spool/mail/ /dev/shm" export FS_WDIRSYS # SYSDEFAULTPATH="/bin:/usr/bin"