On 07/09/2010 09:09, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Tuesday, September 07, 2010 09:01:18 Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> On 07/09/2010 08:50, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >>> On Friday, August 27, 2010 09:42:30 Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >>>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:36, Dominic Fandrey <kamik...@bsdforen.de> > wrote: >>>>> On 27/08/2010 09:28, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:50, Dominic Fandrey <kamik...@bsdforen.de> >>> >>> wrote: >>>>>>> wpa_supplicant doesn't create the pidfile if the target directory >>>>>>> does not exist. Because /var/run is wiped with every boot I added >>>>>>> the following line to my rc.local to workaround this issue: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /bin/mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm running RELENG_8. >>>>>> >>>>>> How about this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Index: etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist >>>>>> =================================================================== >>>>>> --- etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(revision 211568) >>>>>> +++ etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist>.....(working copy) >>>>>> @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ >>>>>> >>>>>> .. >>>>>> ppp gname=network mode=0770 >>>>>> .. >>>>>> >>>>>> + wpa_supplicant >>>>>> + .. >>>>>> >>>>>> .. >>>>>> rwho gname=daemon mode=0775 >>>>>> .. >>>>> >>>>> Is the mtree built every time the system boots? Because my /var/run >>>>> is a tmpfs. And even if it wasn't, I think it's wiped every boot >>>>> any way. >>>> >>>> Not build but, according to /etc/rc.d/var mtree is run on every boot. >>>> I actually tried that and it works just fine. >>> >>> Did you have a chance to try this? Given positive feedback I'd like to >>> commit it. >> >> No, doesn't work. The named and ppp directories also don't exist. >> >> Sorry about the delay. > > Ok, thanks. > > Is it only /var/run/* that is wiped for you, or /var/* itself? I just checked > rc.d/var and it looks like this: > if [ -d /var/run -a -d /var/db -a -d /var/empty ] ; then > true > elif [ -x /usr/sbin/mtree ] ; then > populate_var > > So.. if var/run does exist, populate_var isn't run. >
Only /var/run and /var/log are tmpfs (notebook, reduce HD access to allow HD spindown). I wouldn't wipe my /var/db every boot. Regards -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
