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Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:44:38 +0200
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:34:10 -0700
Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:

> /var !=3D /var/run
> /var !=3D /var/lock
>=20
> /var/run is going in /run, but /var/run (by definition) only contains
> things like PID files and runtime sockets. In the same vein, /var/lock
> also is going into /run/lock. I have acknowledged this from the very
> beginning, and I have been pointing out that implying that because
> those two (really small and bounded) directories of /var are going
> into /run and /run/lock, it doesn't mean that the whole /var will go
> into /. That is disinformation.

It's tirely feasible to need to create a lock file before /var is
mounted, so it makes perfect sense to put those directories on /.

Even better is to create them as a tmpfs so you don't even need disk
drives to get a minimallt usable system.

--=20
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com