Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 21:07:12 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc cleaning of /var/run Message-ID: <199805201907.VAA25174@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 May 1998 15:24:14 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518152140.9951v-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White writes:
>On Sun, 17 May 1998, Jason Nordwick wrote:
>
>> The line that cleans out /var/run is:
>> rm -f /var/run/*
>>
>> However, Xemacs makes a directory in /var/run, so it
>> is not cleaned out properly on startup... Why it is
>> not:
>> rm -rf /var/run/*
>
>We had an argument about that last year and I think it's intentially run
>without the -rf option specifically to preserve the xemacs/ directory.
>
from an old mail (21 April) from Mark Murray:
>Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>> >I like the concept of recursively cleaning /var/run/*, and having
>> >something for each package in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/<package> to recreate
>> >anything that is needed.
>> >
>>
>> I like this idea too. Who's gonna change /etc/rc ? I'll fix up xemacs{,20}.
>
>I'm gonna write it up as a FreeBSD Standard (tm). Soon after, I'll
>start committing. I'd be grateful for the support and the supporting
>commits :-). Eivind Ecklund (sp?) is on my side to, so far.
>
>Gimme 2 days...
I've actually implemented and tested a mod to the xemacs port to do this. I
could easily commit it, but I've sort of been waiting for Mark to carry
out his threat :) I haven't seen any commit go by for this...
---
Gary Jennejohn
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