From owner-freebsd-ports Thu May 10 1:48:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from netmug.org (netmug.org [209.239.160.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E815C37B422 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 01:48:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mharo@patrol.bitsurf.net) Received: from patrol.bitsurf.net (c158457-a.frmt1.sfba.home.com [24.10.184.228]) by netmug.org (8.11.3/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f4A8mQR06552; Thu, 10 May 2001 01:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mharo@patrol.bitsurf.net) Received: (from mharo@localhost) by patrol.bitsurf.net (8.11.3/8.11.2) id f4A8mLm35243; Thu, 10 May 2001 01:48:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mharo) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 01:48:21 -0700 From: Michael Haro To: Matt Dillon , Brian Somers , ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <20010510014821.A35207@FreeBSD.org> Reply-To: mharo@FreeBSD.org References: <200105090803.f49833B84293@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <200105092021.f49KLdT99914@earth.backplane.com> <20010510094300.C4494@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010510094300.C4494@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 09:43:00AM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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