[Kurt Roeckx] > I'm not really sure what the right thing to do is. Maybe the FHS > should be made clear on what you can expect from /var/run.
I believe it is quite clear that the sysadmin is allowed to use tmpfs as /var/run/, and that packages which fail to support this has a bug. To test the impact, I had a look at the packages installed on my test machines, as well as some of the packages listed in the file on merkel: OK: alsa-base 1.0.12-1: init.d script creates /var/run/alsa/ apache2-common 2.0.55-4.2: init.d script creates /var/run/apache2/ autofs 4.1.4-11: init.d script creates /var/run/autofs/ cupsys 1.2.3-1: init.d script creates /var/run/cups/ dbus 0.92-2: init.d script creates /var/run/dbus/ dirmngr 0.9.6-1: init.d script creates /var/run/dirmngr hal 0.5.7.1-2: /etc/dbus-1/event.d/20hal creates /var/run/hal/ mpd 0.11.5-9: package no longer uses subdir in /var/run/ openssh-server 4.3p2-3: init.d script creates /var/run/sshd/ postgresql 7.5.21: package no longer uses subdir in /var/run/ ssh 4.3p2-3: Just a dummy package Not checked, missing or uninstallable in sid hotplug: /var/run/usb dbus-1: /var/run/dbus Unsure slapd 2.3.25-1: Uses /var/run/slapd/, but not sure if it creates it. Need fix: pppconfig 2.3.14: /etc/ppp/ip-*.d/0dns-* expect /var/run/pppconfig to exist greylistd 0.8.3.1: init.d expect /var/run/greylistd pident 3.0.19.ds1-1: store pid in /var/run/identd/ but is started via inetd! clamav-daemon 0.88.4-2: init.d script expect /var/run/clamav/ crack-md5: Symlink /var/run/Crack/bin/debian, but nothing uses it? samba 3.0.23c-1: init.d script expect /var/run/samba/ > Anyway, it would be useful if you didn't have to login on merkel to > be able to see your list. I suggest you either submit those files > to the BTS, or put it on people.debian.org or something. Here is the list of packages in sarge with directories in /var/run/, according to the file on merkel: alsa-base aolserver aolserver4 apache2-common asterisk autofs bacula-common bacula-director-common bacula-fd bacula-sd bincimap-run bind9 bindgraph binkd bld bnetd bopm caudium cfs chipcard-tools clamav-base courier-authdaemon courier-base courier-pcpcouriergraph crack crack-md5 cupsys cyrus21-common dancer-ircd dancer-services dbbalancer dbus-1 diald dirmngr distmp3 dovecot-common dropbear echolot fai firebird2-server-common freeradius gnunet greylistd gwtp hal hostapd hotplug inn inn2 ipband iptraf ircd-hybrid ircd-irc2 ircd-ircu isdnlog jabber jabber-common jftpgw john laptop-net libapache-mod-backhand linesrv lwresd lyskom-server mailman mailscanner messagewall mgetty-fax midentd mindi mixmaster mobilemesh mon mtink munin munin-node mysql-server mysql-server-4.1 nagios-common ndtpd newsx nut oinkmaster openct openntpd p3scan pgpool pipsecd pkcipe polipo postgresql pppconfig proftpd proftpd-ldap proftpd-mysql proftpd-pgsql psad pure-ftpd-common quagga quickml racoon radvd roundup roxen4 runit runit-run samba samhain scalemail screen sendmail-bin siproxd slapd slidentd slimp3 smokeping socklog-run spong-client spong-server spread ssh ssh-krb5 stunnel super sympa tetrinetx tiger totd twoftpd-run uml-utilities usbmount userv util-vserver vpnc vsftpd wackamole whereami Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
