On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 05:06:38PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote: > * Matt Zimmerman > > > It isn't particularly strange; Ubuntu uses a tmpfs for /var/run now. > > Which is exactly what I find strange. > > I asked Tollef about it the other day, and understood it simplified > some cleanup script slightly.
That isn't accurate. It solves a number of real problems, such as the situation where a pid file needs to be written there, but the root filesystem is mounted read-only (or even not mounted yet, e.g. initramfs). -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
