[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#431181: resolvconf: Please replace abuse of /dev/shm with /lib/init/rw and /var

[Roger Leigh]

Package: resolvconf
Version: 1.37
Severity: important

resolvconf is currently making directories and files under /dev/shm.
This namespace is reserved for POSIX shared memory (as specified in
SUSv3) by functions such as shm_open(3).  resolvconf's use of this
namespace is not allowed, and could potentially cause breakage.

Now that /lib/init/rw exists, resolvconf has no need to use /dev/shm
inappropriately.  Please could you switch to using /lib/init/rw and
then /var after it is available?


Thanks,
Roger

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages resolvconf depends on:
ii  coreutils                     5.97-5.3   The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.13     Debian configuration management sy
ii  lsb-base                      3.1-23.1   Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip

resolvconf recommends no packages.

-- debconf information excluded