Whether we end up with "/run/, resolvconf and read-only root" depends a lot on whether the maintainers of the affected packages support the project. So far the response has not been positive. Here is a quick summary for the packages that were on my TODO list.
Creating /run/ base-files Change policy first pam Not convinced; wait and see login Perhaps; change policy first sysvinit (no reply) util-linux (no reply) Implementing variable resolver configuration pump OK ppp (no reply) pppconfig (no reply) ifupdown Don't bother me Moving variable files out of /etc/ cupsys OK util-linux Looks OK sysvinit (no reply) ppp (no reply) pppconfig (no reply) linuxlogo No + sarcasm -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>