On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 02:55:21PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi, > > Roger Leigh <rle...@debian.org> (04/04/2011): > > + should not be preserved across reboot. > > “reboots” if you want to stay consistent with the hunk below. > > > + contents are not preserved across reboots. This > > (here) > > Otherwise, looks good to me. > > Seconded (w/ or w/o that 1-char change).
Updated patch attached. To match existing usage in the document, I've switch both to the singular "reboot" since the contents will be lost over a single reboot. Hope that's OK? Thanks, 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.
From 828856441b557017ebe9e718c7c5bfbe8ff70d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Leigh <rle...@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 14:03:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add FHS exception for /run
Document the replacement of /var/run with /run and /var/lock
with /run/lock. Also document the requirements for init scripts.
---
policy.sgml | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index ec605c6..4d3602b 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6205,10 +6205,21 @@ 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. Both
+ are expected to be temporary filesystems, whose
+ purpose is storage of ephemeral system state which
+ should not be preserved across 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>
@@ -6719,14 +6730,18 @@ 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, which are temporary filesystems whose
+ contents are not preserved across reboot. This
+ arrangement may also be satisfied through equivalent
+ means, for example bind or nullfs mounts. Because the
+ presence of files or directories in any of these
+ directories is not guaranteed, <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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