Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 01:48:21 -0700 From: Michael Haro <mharo@FreeBSD.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <20010510014821.A35207@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010510094300.C4494@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:43:00AM %2B0300 References: <200105090803.f49833B84293@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <200105092021.f49KLdT99914@earth.backplane.com> <20010510094300.C4494@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:43:00AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > > > Yes. /var/run should be wiped completely. Programs needing > > persistent /var storage should use /var/db. That's why we have > > a /var/db separate from a /var/run. > > Just as an aside, irrelevant to the whole /etc/rc discussion: does > this mean that the security/sudo port should keep its tty tickets > in /var/db/sudo, not /var/run/sudo as it currently does? Or are those > also meant to expire at shutdown? Since this directory is used for timestamps that expire in a short period of time, I see no problem with it being wiped by /etc/rc and thus it should be left in /var/run. If you disagree, I could move the directory to /var/db. Opinions? Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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