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ifupdown package

  1. Bug #28559
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 28559

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 28559] ifupdown-clean script fails

Hi Scott!

Scott James Remnant [2006-01-17 14:12 -0000]:
> Comment:
> I was thinking we'd make that use /var/run now -- just as ifupdown is
> being modified to use /var/run for its state file.
>
> Anything that needs a writable partition throughout the boot process can
> use that, without any worries about race conditions.

Hmm, I'm not sure whether storing log files on a tmpfs makes much
sense. It might be nice to keep /var/log/boot (and older copies)
around after a reboot, or after shutdown and mounting the drive from
another OS (for failure analysis, etc.).

Martin

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