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From: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/run or /run for init scripts?
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:57:23
Message-Id: 51126142.3080006@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/run or /run for init scripts? by "Diego Elio Pettenò"
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4 On 06/02/13 08:55 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
5 > On 06/02/2013 14:52, Markos Chandras wrote:
6 >> I see a lot of inconsistencies in the init scripts. Some of them
7 >> are using /var/run, others use /run. I just checked my box, and
8 >> there is no /var/run although some init scripts are trying to use
9 >> it. Which one is the correct one and why do we have both? The
10 >> following guide only mentions /var/run
11 >
12 > We should be migrating to /run at this point.
13 >
14 > http://goo.gl/hrWcN
15 >
16
17 I had thought /var/run was supposed to be compatibility a symlink to
18 /run now ? Is that the case or should /var/run be eliminated from
19 systems?
20
21 (I realize this is a tangent to the original post)
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