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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:06:28 +0000 |
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"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 01:32:12PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > That one's udev specific? I guess it could be moved as well. |
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> > > It's a blkid(8) cache to mount stuff by uuid/label and guess FS. |
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> > > Used at least by udev rules and stuff linked against libblkid |
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> > > (fsck.*). Both can be triggered at any time later after boot. |
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> > > blkid(8) can work w/o cache. |
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> > 'Cache' is the key-word here. I suggest pinging upstream |
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> > that /var/cache is there for some reason. |
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> It was historically in /etc because it got used to mount /var. |
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> As an example, if you grab some RHEL systems on the default install, |
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> every entry in the fstab is UUID=... rather than fixed devices. Not |
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> having the cache the mounts will still work, but will be very slow as |
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> all devices will be rescanned. |
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I guess /run would be the correct modern location for it then. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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