[systemd-devel] how to let systemd mount /run very early?

[Lennart Poettering]

On Fri, 22.07.11 10:55, yang.y.yi at gmail.com (yang.y.yi at gmail.com) wrote:

> The below is i see in Fedora 15:
> 
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# cat /etc/*-release
> Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
> Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
> Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# rpm -qf /var/run/
> abrt/           cups/           gdm/            lock/
> netreport/      openvpn/        ppp/            sepermit/
> setroubleshoot/ vpnc/
> console/        faillock/       libgpod/        lvm/
> NetworkManager/ plymouth/       pptp/           setrans/
> utmp            wpa_supplicant/
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# rpm -qf /var/run/abrt
> abrt-2.0.2-5.fc15.x86_64
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# rpm -qf /var/lo
> local/ lock/  log/
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# rpm -qf /var/lo
> local/ lock/  log/
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# rpm -qf /var/lock/l
> lockdev/ lvm/
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]# rpm -qf /var/lock/lvm
> lvm2-2.02.84-1.fc15.x86_64
> [root at yangyi-dev2 /]#
> 
> /run is a disk directory, /var/lock -> /run/lock, /var/run -> /run,
> http://lwn.net/Articles/436012/ told about /run.
> 

Some rpms still include the dirs they create in /var/run in the package
itself, instead of just using a tmpfiles drop-in. These even might have
some benefit, for example it is an easy way to ensure the dir is created
right at package install time instead of waiting until the next reboot.

Lennart

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