Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:23:56 +0200 From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Message-ID: <20010328232355.A33197@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <200103281105.f2SB5Um54076@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:05:30PM %2B0100 References: <brian@FreeBSD.org> <200103281105.f2SB5Um54076@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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As Brian Somers wrote: > 4.2-release (rc 1.212.2.8) had a ``rm /var/run/*'' which removed these > sockets. purgedir() was used instead in version 1.212.2.13 to > prevent problems when people create directories under /var/run. Btw., Solaris recently started to use a /var/run, and they even implemented it as a MFS (alias `tmpfs' in Solaris speak). I think any application that wants a directory substructure there should take precautions to ensure it could be created if missing. -- cheers, J"org .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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