[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#402828: initscripts: please add a RAMTMP variable to /etc/default/rcS

[Luca Capello]

tags 402828 + patch
thanks

Hi there!

This bug is quite old, can someone comment on it, please?

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:55:18 +0100, Luca Capello wrote:
> actually, the user can set /var/run and /var/lock as tmpfs using the
> two variables RAMRUN=yes and RAMLOCK=yes in /etc/default/rcS.  I'd
> like to have the same option for /tmp as tmpfs (e.g. RAMTMP=yes),
> instead of having to edit /etc/fstab.

Here the trivial patch, which I tested on my sid:

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diff --git a/default/rcS b/default/rcS
index 600c7fa..b6b4ad1 100644
--- a/default/rcS
+++ b/default/rcS
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ DELAYLOGIN=no
 UTC=yes
 VERBOSE=no
 FSCKFIX=no
+RAMTMP=yes
 RAMRUN=yes
 RAMLOCK=yes
diff --git a/init.d/mountkernfs.sh b/init.d/mountkernfs.sh
index f3222b8..5792bbf 100755
--- a/init.d/mountkernfs.sh
+++ b/init.d/mountkernfs.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ do_start () {
 		domount sysfs "" /sys sysfs -onodev,noexec,nosuid
 	fi
 
-	# Mount /var/run and /var/lock as tmpfs if enabled
+	# Mount /tmp, /var/run and /var/lock as tmpfs if enabled
+	if [ yes = "$RAMTMP" ] ; then
+		TMP_OPT=
+		[ "${TMP_SIZE:=$TMPFS_SIZE}" ] && TMP_OPT=",size=$TMP_SIZE"
+		domount tmpfs "" /tmp tmp -orw,$TMP_OPT
+		touch /tmp/.ramfs
+	fi
 	if [ yes = "$RAMRUN" ] ; then
 		RUN_OPT=
 		[ "${RUN_SIZE:=$TMPFS_SIZE}" ] && RUN_OPT=",size=$RUN_SIZE"
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Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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