[systemd-devel] [PATCH] udev hwdb: Store binary database in libdir, not in /etc

[Jan Janssen]

On 06/14/2013 01:08 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> That said, I don't think libdir is appropriate as this data is not
> under the control of the package manager (as it is generated at
> install-time rather than at build-time, it would for instance not be
> suitable for sharing between hosts). I guess localstatedir would be
> another alternative, but the problem there is that it is not
> (necessarily) available during early boot when this db is needed.
One could introduce a /cache where such files could be stored. Similar
to how /run was introduced to fix a similar issue. The folder would
be required to be available at boot time.

Jan