Alan McKinnon wrote: > It's probably better to leave the symlink in place for now. What > happens when the user installs a package they have never had before > and that package uses /var/run? It will make a directory which isn't > what you want. Better to leave the symlink in place and train your > eyes to ignore the elogs (something we humans are extremely good at)
I have a question. On my rig, /var/run does not appear to be a link to /run. For giggles: root@fireball / # ls -al /var/run/ total 132 drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Feb 10 01:46 . drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 8 09:28 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi avahi 4096 Feb 8 14:18 avahi-daemon -rwx------ 1 root root 0 Feb 8 14:18 blocked -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Feb 10 01:46 chronyd.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:07 console drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:07 ConsoleKit -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 cron.pid drwxr-xr-x 3 root lp 4096 Feb 9 15:38 cups drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 14:18 dbus -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 dbus.pid drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 2 01:25 dhcpcd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 gpm.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Feb 8 14:18 http-replicator.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 18:06 kdm.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 Jan 30 15:26 mysqld drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 11 2010 pm-utils -rw------- 1 root root 512 Jan 12 2012 random-seed -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 rsyncd.pid drwxrwxr-x 3 root utmp 4096 May 10 2012 screen -rwx------ 1 root root 0 Oct 27 17:41 sessiondb.dir -rwx------ 1 root root 1024 Feb 8 14:18 sessiondb.pag -rw------- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 smartd.pid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 sshd.pid srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Feb 8 14:18 syslog-ng.ctl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 syslog-ng.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 tor tor 4096 Nov 19 02:27 tor drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 27 17:40 udev-configure-printer drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 2011 udisks -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Feb 8 14:18 upsmon.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 uptimed uptimed 4096 Jan 31 06:15 uptimed -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 10368 Feb 8 18:07 utmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:07 xauth drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 8 18:06 xdmctl root@fireball / # ls -al /run/ total 4 drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 140 Feb 8 07:49 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Feb 9 15:27 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 6 15:42 blkid drwxr-xr-x 3 root uucp 60 Sep 23 10:17 lock drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 360 Feb 8 14:18 openrc drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 180 Feb 9 17:27 udev drwx------ 2 root root 40 Feb 8 07:49 udisks2 root@fireball / # ls /var/ total 76 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Feb 8 09:28 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Feb 9 15:27 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:05 account drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Dec 20 11:38 cache drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 9 14:25 db drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 13:32 empty -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Apr 12 2012 hp-toolbox.lock drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Feb 7 23:57 lib drwxrwxr-x 5 root uucp 4096 Feb 10 03:10 lock drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Feb 10 03:10 log drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Mar 17 2012 lost+found lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 8 09:28 mail -> /var/spool/mail drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Feb 10 01:46 run drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 11 2010 spool drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 17 2010 state drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 4096 Feb 9 15:23 tmp drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Jun 28 2012 .Trash-0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 11 2010 www root@fireball / # See, the contents of those two are different and the listing for /for shows it is not a symlink. Should I fix this manually or leave it as is? Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
