Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 11:10:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Dom Mitchell <dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6653: change to /etc/rc Message-ID: <199805161810.LAA16519@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6653; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dom Mitchell <dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/6653: change to /etc/rc Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:10:02 +0100 On 16 May 1998, Andre Albsmeier proclaimed: > > >Description: > > > > If there are directories in the /var/run directory (eg: as used by the > > sudo and xemacs ports), then the line in /etc/rc that says: > > > > rm -f /var/run/* > > > > Produces an error on boot up time, which could confuse a new user. > > Same as in -STABLE. See also misc/4723. I was told that ports which > create directories in /var/run are broken. However, nobody fixed > the ports nor changed /etc/rc :-( (Yes, I sent a mail to the sudo > port maintainer...) To me, the idea of using a directory in /var/run doesn't seem an unreasonable thing to do. If you don't, then people just end up using /var/tmp instead for things which don't /really/ belong there. Does anybody have a defeinitive statement of what /var/run should be used for? -- allectory calyptro agal artophagous arthrocarcinoma candlerent bombastically aguavina anaesthesiant abortionist anagrammatize anthropogenetic adenia antiophthalmic brevicaudate Bothriolepis capitalizable arracach alestake calculating Amphisilidae Archencephala To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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