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From: James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: use of the /run directory
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 20:37:23
Message-Id: m34o4tcbg3.fsf@jhcloos.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: use of the /run directory by William Hubbs
1 >>>>> "WH" == William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> writes:
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3 WH> Once /run is in place,
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5 WH> /var/run will be a symbolic link to /run and /var/lock will
6 WH> be a symbolic link to /run/lock.
7
8 There are files which need to be in /var/lock and which should
9 survive a reboot, so it is not a good idea to make /var/lock
10 a symlink to /run/lock.
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12 (And I don't just mean .keep files.)
13
14 -JimC
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16 James Cloos <cloos@×××××××.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: use of the /run directory Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>