On Monday 06 November 2006 22:06, Alec Warner wrote: > Roy Marples wrote: > > On Monday 06 November 2006 18:27, Matthew Snelham wrote: > >>> In 1.13, we've removed the variable from /etc/conf.d/rc and it's now > >>> forced to /lib/rcscripts/init.d which is safe as /lib is always on the > >>> same partition as /. > >> > >> From a filesystem usage point of view though, storing actively changing > >> state data on /lib is ugly. The tmpfs /lib/rcscripts/init.d overlay > >> solution for a ro / works, but as long as tmpfs magic is needed, can't > >> it be written to /var after localmount? > > > > It could be written to /var at the end of an rc. > > However, you then have to guarantee that /var is always available too and > > that may not always be the case as some people want to have /var net > > mounted or something equally silly :) > > > > /lib may be ugly, but it's also guaranteed which is what I'm more > > interested in. > > > > Thanks > > This screams "vustomizable" > > Just give us a variable we can set to move it; obviously there is no > "One True Location" for everyone.
If you want that level of flexability then simply symlink /lib/rcscripts to /var/rcscripts or where-ever you like. >From my perspective, state data always has to be available and writeable, regardless of how simple or fancy the user has configured their layout. So this means I have access to /bin, /dev, /etc, /lib, /sbin as those directories have to exist on /. Why do we have to have everything configured by variables? -- Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Developer (baselayout, networking) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
