[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#674517: initscripts: RAMTMP is turned on during upgrades

[Roger Leigh]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 09:44:50AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> from previous “RAMTMP isn't so bad” IRC sessions, it appears it's
> supposed to be on for new installations, and not turned on during
> upgrades.

We previously didn't enable this for upgrades primarily because it
wasn't possible to.  It wasn't possible to upgrade /etc/default/rcS.
Also, quite a few people complained about the semantics of RAM* in
rcS changing since it used to refer to /var/* rather than the new
locations (mainly from RAMRUN and RAMLOCK).  To address these concerns,
all the RAM* settings were moved to /etc/default/tmpfs, putting all
the tmpfs-related settings in a single place.  However, this does
result in tmpfs being enabled on upgrade.

Whether the default is set to enabled or disabled, we now have a single
place to configure it, which will take effect for upgrades or new
installs.  Having a consistent default for both upgrades and new
installs is, I think, generally desirable, irrespective of what that
default ends up being.

What problems did you experience as a result of the change?


Regards,
Roger

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