On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Debian guarantees that it exists on debian systems.
No, we don't. We guarantee it exists on Sarge. It may or may not exist in Etch and Sid in the future. > > 1. It exists only on Linux-based OS's > > 2. There is no gaurentee that it will continue to be there at all > > 3. There is no guareteee that it will remain a filesystem in the future > > even if it is there. > > 4. There is no gaurentee that it exists at all. > These points apply to the proposed tmpfs-based /run as well. /run would have no other special function, so it is much more future-proof than using /dev/shm for stuff it was not created for. > > Sounds it sounds to me like it is a bad idea to use it. > Only because you have no clue of what you are talking about. That was uncalled for, and he gave much better argumentation than those YOU provided. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
