From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82451388B3 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E91B121C030; Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com (mail-wi0-f175.google.com [209.85.212.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE8B9E0212 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id l13so5045572wie.2 for ; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:58:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=umNuf5GPWk5thPjZalwxbNdkJ+S+FI82POtb4qiEKt8=; b=Y+k0J8AGb8Dyt5xF7UzvIXmHsnzpYIuZrEQxRqApkRqblyyUl2ru0q7CX7RGlaxl3d SuBoUH1JNElStqqAomJj5QrUAwmwrhh2TPMcKzmrwwP8cD3TizcmbMmdB+yUyt7fjaZr pIqFVToBm9yi3iBvohLdeHbZtMeuq92pxqAVTUfBZwk01DxhaUI7YKo8jGpw+rr+JvmK 7oPSBWc4bhupOWOwMl5Aqnz73k7W6S35eZFbA+3skkTQBXM89UGTTt9n/LDlVusBS67m 3OpEESh1HwJGOyvgDCgrvkkUhh/xRd79QEodixglO4oKqQSi5l2u+Kz8uH5RVaopx8mj UlHw== X-Received: by 10.194.122.131 with SMTP id ls3mr44033794wjb.55.1360159106517; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:58:26 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.104.7 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Feb 2013 05:58:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <511260D8.8070606@flameeyes.eu> References: <511260D8.8070606@flameeyes.eu> From: Markos Chandras Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:58:06 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jbiCUrT72MGcHT3Cd0PIMMWAaaE Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/run or /run for init scripts? To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 5f248194-7c73-47fa-a525-654c19b6cf72 X-Archives-Hash: fbc55646147b22e6fde81b153416d730 On 6 February 2013 13:55, Diego Elio Petten=F2 wro= te: > On 06/02/2013 14:52, Markos Chandras wrote: >> I see a lot of inconsistencies in the init scripts. Some of them are >> using /var/run, others use /run. I just checked my box, and there is >> no /var/run although some init scripts are trying to use it. Which one >> is the correct one and why do we have both? The following guide only >> mentions /var/run > > We should be migrating to /run at this point. > > http://goo.gl/hrWcN > > -- > Diego Elio Petten=F2 =97 Flameeyes > flameeyes@flameeyes.eu =97 http://blog.flameeyes.eu/ > Thanks. Would it made sense to symlink /var/run -> /run so we don't end up with stable entries in /var/run directory? Some of my init scripts appear to reported as "crashed" whereas the process is running just fine. I suspect this is because a stale entry is in /var/run directory (or /run I am not sure) --=20 Regards, Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang