On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 05:38:50PM +0200, lorenzo wrote:
> > Not wanting to invoke sync() on shutdown is a permanent property of a
> > system, not an ephemeral one. Thus, the flag file for this behaviour
> > should be in a permanent location (like /etc/runit, where it
> > originally was), not under /run, where it would need to be created on
> > every boot.
>
> The only issue with reverting to /etc is that as long as /etc is mounted
> readonly it will not be possible to write this file: but as the use
> case is a container I guess the file will be written during the
> container setup, before runtime, right?
Exactly. This isn't something you need to change at runtime, ever.
A case could even be made for runit to automatically skip sync in
containers, but considering runit's minimalist design, that'd be creeping
featurism.
Best regards,
András
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