On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:07:12PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 28.09.2011 20:58, schrieb Josh Triplett:
> > Package: systemd
> > Version: 36-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > [Filing bug as requested by Tollef Fog Heen via IRC.]
> > 
> > The systemd package adds a unit which automounts a tmpfs on
> > /lib/init/rw.  However, /lib/init/rw should instead become a
> > compatibility symlink to /run.  (I don't know whether systemd or
> > initscripts should do that migration; I'd tend to suggest initscripts
> > since systemd doesn't need the compatibility symlink and packages have
> > mostly migrated over to /run already.)
> > 
> 
> To avoid name clashes, /lib/init/rw will stay a separate mount point.
> Instead of making it a compat symlink we are fixing all packages [1] to stop
> using /lib/init/rw and then drop /lib/init/rw altogether.
[...]
> [1]
> http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory#Packages_using_.2BAC8-lib.2BAC8-init.2BAC8-rw

I certainly can't argue with the goal of making /lib/init/rw go away
entirely.  Not sure I see the issue you mentioned with name clashes,
though.  But if so, you could always link /lib/init/rw -> /run/libinitrw
, and link /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d -> /run/sendsigs.omit.d .

- Josh Triplett



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