[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#523822: please generalise /var/{run, lock}

[martin f krafft]

also sprach martin f krafft <madduck at debian.org> [2009.04.12.2039 +0200]:
> Thus, I suggest to remove RAM{LOCK,RUN} from /etc/default/rcS and
> instead introduce a file like /etc/tmpfs or similar with each line
> either referencing a line in /etc/fstab, or specifying a mountpoint
> and options, e.g.
> 
>   /var/run rw,nosuid,mode=755
>   /var/lock rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec

A 'name' field, e.g. varrun and varlock would also make sense. And
maybe even make the size field explicit.

> then I could easily add /var/log or /etc/network/run to that file
> and have tmpfs overlays available early during the boot, e.g.
> S03mounttmpfs, which runs after 03mountkernfs.

S02mounttmpfs that is.

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