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. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110405181345.GA20889@yellowpig
