> Why do we need /run? > > There is a need for a writable location to store data > during early boot, before / is made writable (and it > might be read

> Why do we need /run? > > There is a need for a writable location to store data > during early boot, before / is made writable (and it > might be read only even during normal operation). > Currently, no cross-distribution standardized location > exists for this purpose. Debian uses /lib/init/rw; Ubuntu > apparently does some very complex stuff linking /var/run > to /lib/init/rw and using showthrough mounts. Other > distributions do their own thing. Several programs chose > not to use /lib/init/rw due to it being non-standard, and > continued to use /dev/.foo due to udev mounting a tmpfs > there which could be abused as a data store during early > boot. /run provides a standard place for these use cases. So, this is one of those "no user-serviceable parts inside" changes. The purpose is only for developers during bootup. Would be good, but, let me know if FHS actually accepts this. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ http://www.pathname.com/fhs/