Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?

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On 03/29/12 09:41, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2012 16:49, "O. Hartmann"
> <ohartman_at_mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> 
>> I was wondering if there are some objections using TMPFS for /tmp
>> and /var/run. I figured out some problems with some rc.d scripts
>> when using TMPFS for /var/run, samba and OpenLDAP do store some
>> informations like PID in a subfolder of their own in /var/run,
>> but the rc.d scripts are not checking properly the existence of
>> the appropritae folder (unlike "dbus" and "hald", they check
>> properly!).
>> 
>> I already submitted two PRs, but for SAMBA, my "hack" is trivial
>> and obviously to clumsy, so it should be check properly.
>> 
>> My question is whether there are objections using TMPFS for bot
>> /tmp/ and /var/run/ at this stage on FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT/amd64?
> 
> Any rc script that complains about an empty /var/run is buggy- it
> should be assumed that it will be emptied on boot.

Agreed.  We may want a generic way of registering custom mtrees (or
something) that creates the hierarchy on boot, by the way.

Currently this has to be done by individual rc.d scripts if they need
a separate directory.

Cheers,
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