Package: runit
Version: 2.1.2-42
Severity: normal
Hi,
I'm the guy who originally submitted the patch to support a 'nosync' flag
file to avoid syncing on shutdown.
I noted with some amazement in the changelog for version 2.1.2-42 that this
file had been moved to /run sometime in the past, with no mention in the
changelog.
I think this change should be reverted.
The use case of the nosync flag file is when running runit in a container
like LXC or linux-vserver. When you stop one of these (or hundreds of these
simultaneously), you don't want them to sync() because the host itself isn't
stopping, so there is neither a need nor a benefit to invoking sync().
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.
Best regards,
András
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