On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:40:31 -0400 Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Eray Aslan wrote: > > On 08/12/2010 09:48 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: > >> It says "Files under this directory", not "Files and directories > >> under this directory." > > > > Fair enough. > > > > So our policy basically is "tmpfs is not supported > > for /var/run" (and also for /var/lock I suppose). > > it may have been in the past, but it's best to move forward and not > sit in the past > > > It will be somewhat more work but instead of the above, we can say > > "tmpfs might be used for /var/run and /var/lock and the init > > scripts should handle this correctly". It feels (for want of a > > better word) better. > > i certainly use a tmpfs on /var/run to minimize disk writes. packages > that break i file bugs for and/or fix myself. it isnt that hard. > > plus, it's just good behavior. if /var/run gets removed for whatever > reason, people have to re-emerge a bunch of packages to simply create > a subdir ? that's silly. Bug #332633 tracks ebuilds (284) and eclasses (currently none) that run "keepdir /var/run*". https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332633 jer
