On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 07:44:55AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Edward Allcutt edw...@allcutt.me.uk writes:
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Roger Leigh wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 05:58:19PM +0100, Edward Allcutt wrote:
I suggest:
- on upgrade, bind mount or symlink /run/init -
This is not to say we couldn't remove it on startup though.
You should not remove /lib/init/rw on the next reboot. If the
upgrade stops due to an error then the system might be rebooted
before the upgrade is continued. /lib/init/rw needs to remain
present until all packages using it have
While I applaud the introduction of /run, I have some concerns about
how quickly users of alternatives to /run could be required to switch
to the new location.
Consider the following scenario.
Package P is using /lib/init/rw. At some point the new version of
initscripts is installed. The
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 12:39:03PM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
While I applaud the introduction of /run, I have some concerns about
how quickly users of alternatives to /run could be required to switch
to the new location.
Consider the following scenario.
Package P is using /lib/init/rw.
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, rleigh wrote:
We haven't made any plans to remove it yet. We'll look more closely
at the best way to do that once all the users are moved over. Given
the small number, it's quite likely this won't take very long. If
it turns out that there are other users of /lib/init/rw,
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 05:58:19PM +0100, Edward Allcutt wrote:
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, rleigh wrote:
We haven't made any plans to remove it yet. We'll look more closely
at the best way to do that once all the users are moved over. Given
the small number, it's quite likely this won't take very
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Roger Leigh wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 05:58:19PM +0100, Edward Allcutt wrote:
I suggest:
- on upgrade, bind mount or symlink /run/init - /lib/init/rw
- on boot, after mounting /run, mkdir /run/init; ln -s /run/init /lib/init/rw
Or in other words - exactly like we're
Edward Allcutt edw...@allcutt.me.uk writes:
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Roger Leigh wrote:
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 05:58:19PM +0100, Edward Allcutt wrote:
I suggest:
- on upgrade, bind mount or symlink /run/init - /lib/init/rw
- on boot, after mounting /run, mkdir /run/init; ln -s /run/init
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