While previously FHS 2.3 defined /var/run as a place to store runtime information [1] it's no longer 2004 and newer specification was released which favors /run [2]. Since it was released 10 years ago, maybe it's time we start honouring it.
On majority of Linux systems (if not all), /var/run is a symlink to /run anyways. Users can still pass old location via -Drunstatedir. 1: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#VARRUNRUNTIMEVARIABLEDATA 2: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s15.html Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mpriv...@redhat.com> --- meson.build | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index c7e5947d10..8ac2debb91 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif runstatedir = get_option('runstatedir') if runstatedir == '' - runstatedir = localstatedir / 'run' + runstatedir = '/run' endif initconfdir = get_option('initconfdir') -- 2.45.3
