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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: use of the /run directory
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 20:41:45
Message-Id: 20110517204025.GA29144@Eternity.halls.manchester.ac.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: use of the /run directory by James Cloos
1 On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 04:35:00PM -0400, James Cloos wrote:
2 > >>>>> "WH" == William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> writes:
3 >
4 > WH> Once /run is in place,
5 >
6 > WH> /var/run will be a symbolic link to /run and /var/lock will
7 > WH> be a symbolic link to /run/lock.
8 >
9 > There are files which need to be in /var/lock and which should
10 > survive a reboot, so it is not a good idea to make /var/lock
11 > a symlink to /run/lock.
12 >
13 > (And I don't just mean .keep files.)
14 >
15 > -JimC
16 > --
17 > James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
18 >
19 James,
20
21 Can you please provide some examples that require /var/lock to survive a
22 reboot?
23
24 Regards,
25 --
26 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2

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