[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Re: Moving /var/run to a tmpfs?

[Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe]

Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org> wrote:
> It has been pointed out to me in  http://bugs.debian.org/387699
> that syvinit is going to move /var/run to a tmpfs to solve a long-standing
> issue, having some place to store state information before partitions
> are checked and mounted. (I do not know how they are going to handle

Well, since this seems to lead to longer discussions with a lot of pros,
cons, and issues and difficulties... would it probably make sense to
split the discussion about /var/x being able to be tmpfs'ed out and just
choose another location for the intended place-to-store-things-while-
nothing-else-is-mounted-rw?
Probably even some location that disappears later in the boot-process
when (other) writable (persistent) locations are available - perhaps it
disappears only when empty or something like this to prevent data-loss.
IMHO, the only requirement for this location is that it should be a
mount-point which is and stays on the /-fs, i.e. it does not tend to get
over-mounted or hidden by any other mount.


regards
   Mario
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