From owner-cvs-all Thu Jan 11 14:12: 4 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from earth.backplane.com (placeholder-dcat-1076843399.broadbandoffice.net [64.47.83.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD10537B400; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 14:11:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by earth.backplane.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id f0BMBGp75183; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 14:11:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 14:11:16 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon Message-Id: <200101112211.f0BMBGp75183@earth.backplane.com> To: Mark Murray Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab rc src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist src/libexec Makefile src/libexec/save-entropy Makefile save-entropy.sh References: <200101111901.f0BJ1jU72510@earth.backplane.com> <200101112033.f0BKXtI10390@gratis.grondar.za> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :> in /etc/rc. We have a directory for variable data, it's called :> /var. We have a directory for persistent state files, it's called :> /var/db. They must be used, ESPECIALLY for something like this. : :You can help here; if we can get a guaranteed mount (for all possible :types of mount) of /var, then I'll agree with you. Remember that this :must potentially happen _before_ the random device is reseeded. : :Help us fix that, and I'll champion the cause in your stead. : :M :-- :Mark Murray If nobody posts that they've fixed it by the time I get home, between 7-8 p.m. PST, I will throw together and test a patch. I'm not happy that I have to be the one to do it, but I'll do it. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message