Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:52:50 -0700 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>, Current FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? Message-ID: <4F74CBA2.2010809@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_nxHeQROBE-gPb58ZqsNKCPriEO4ta6sPTkALDANFKQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <CADLo83_nxHeQROBE-gPb58ZqsNKCPriEO4ta6sPTkALDANFKQw@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/29/12 09:41, Chris Rees wrote: > On 29 Mar 2012 16:49, "O. Hartmann" > <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> >> I was wondering if there are some objections using TMPFS for /tmp >> and /var/run. I figured out some problems with some rc.d scripts >> when using TMPFS for /var/run, samba and OpenLDAP do store some >> informations like PID in a subfolder of their own in /var/run, >> but the rc.d scripts are not checking properly the existence of >> the appropritae folder (unlike "dbus" and "hald", they check >> properly!). >> >> I already submitted two PRs, but for SAMBA, my "hack" is trivial >> and obviously to clumsy, so it should be check properly. >> >> My question is whether there are objections using TMPFS for bot >> /tmp/ and /var/run/ at this stage on FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT/amd64? > > Any rc script that complains about an empty /var/run is buggy- it > should be assumed that it will be emptied on boot. Agreed. We may want a generic way of registering custom mtrees (or something) that creates the hierarchy on boot, by the way. Currently this has to be done by individual rc.d scripts if they need a separate directory. Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJPdMuiAAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzJKsH/js4Fsvb/drjTFGRwmOmSJ5V 7lfVxT6cuFTB1vpCTooR2rVzxZyfqSzeFwc5i8lbhK8+SA13Q46jkCZyHQCgoEqX n2ZIIMgIi+04+IQGrA9742Rkd/7RtvD88xf1wXcgkoY9IImpaYLvjVfcxMqxYMvI 75OHIsmvIbxt/vnmVx26Omh3ZvvHN2QI8n6lUqjqWVm96qEGwdoBuA+m2g5QKem/ 24gLZ0kttmO/zKo8vKRTgR9RiCYeS2IUueLy4PDmMKf8Oiv3/Y9f3c8S8Bw4qVdB cOKqugBtInCu3BnsPrDJpoNUiSb+Cf5aLggbPSocD9A1iToChDmyRF5eC6Tc6Kw= =owJ7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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