On Monday 06 November 2006 16:53, Roy Marples wrote: > However, one issue is a concern. All baselayouts defined svcdir > in /etc/conf.d/rc which defines where we hold the state information of the > running services. This defaulted to /var/lib/init.d - which is bad as /var > could be on a different partition. > > In 1.13, we've removed the variable from /etc/conf.d/rc and it's now forced > to /lib/rcscripts/init.d which is safe as /lib is always on the same > partition as /. The 1.13 ebuild will copy across existing state data, this > is not the problem. However, downgrading back to 1.12 is a problem as > services may have been stop, started etc in the middle. > > One solution is to ensure that we only hold one copy of the state data and > move it to the new location. However, this does require altering the stable > ebuild as well.
This is still an issue. What do people think - hack the 1.12 ebuilds and try and get an upgrade/downgrade path or just slap a large warning on the ebuild? You get upgraded for free :) -- Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo/Linux Developer (baselayout, networking) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
