Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Santiago Vila
reassign 191036 debian-policy thanks On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: Package: base-files Version: 3.0.8.1 Severity: normal Tags: patch As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the

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2003-04-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Apr 28, Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we are going to extend the FHS we should modify our own policy at least. Do we have a consensus on /run? I don't think so. -- ciao, | Marco | [665 agG/r/pCLQ3L.]

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2003-04-28 Thread Christopher . Lawrence
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Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:56:24AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the discussion, we need to move program state out of /etc but for some programs that run early

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hi Bill! On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bill Allombert wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:56:24AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the discussion, we need to move program

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 01:51:31PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: Hi Bill! As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the discussion, we need to move program state out of /etc but for

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hi Bill! On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bill Allombert wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 01:51:31PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: Hi Bill! As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 03:31:37PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: Hi Bill! Hi Henrique! The proposal is to have base-files creating the /run directory, since base-files maintainer has reassigned the bug to debian-policy. If you something more formal, maybe As an

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:56:24 +0200 (CEST), Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: If we are going to extend the FHS we should modify our own policy at least. You need to make a policy proposal, get two seconds and no objections. For your convenience I'm reassigning the bug. I think

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Bill! You wrote: Thanks a lot! I will try to improve it again: As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during the boot process when /var is not yet mounted. /run must be in the

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hi Bas! On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: Hi Bill! You wrote: Thanks a lot! I will try to improve it again: As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during the boot

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Apr 28, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is premature to tatify into policy an action that has not been fully decided upon, and has not yet had all the kinks ironed out yet. While I understand the use cases presented for /run; I am not yet convinced

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
Hi Bas! On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:24:27PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: You wrote: As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during the boot process when /var is not yet mounted. /run

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:15:57PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Apr 28, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is premature to tatify into policy an action that has not been fully decided upon, and has not yet had all the kinks ironed out yet. While I

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Apr 29, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I fully agree. I remember providing an alternative solution for all or most of the problems which /run should solve, so I'm firmly opposed to create this new, unneeded directory, which is nothing more than a gratuitous change from other

Re: user's home directory

2003-04-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 28 April 2003 03:56, Pedro Salgueiro wrote: Hi. I'm making a deb package of a project that i'm working on, and I need to know if a deb package can copy something to a directory of a user's home. I have read somewhere that a debian package can not toucth on a user's home but I