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<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2013 um 14:10 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> "Jouke Witteveen" <j.witteveen@gmail.com><br/>
<b>An:</b> "Ben Greear" <greearb@candelatech.com><br/>
<b>Cc:</b> hostap@lists.shmoo.com<br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [PATCH] Migrate from /var/run to /run
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> wrote:<br/>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> wrote:<br/>
>> On 01/28/2013 11:11 AM, Jouke Witteveen wrote:<br/>
>>><br/>
>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:11 PM, sven falempin <sven.falempin@gmail.com><br/>
>>> wrote:<br/>
>>>><br/>
>>>> Right patch is :<br/>
>>>> should be choosen at compilation or run time<br/>
>>>> not this :@<br/>
>>>><br/>
>>>> IMHO<br/>
>>>><br/>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com><br/>
>>>> wrote:<br/>
>>>>><br/>
>>>>><br/>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Johannes Berg<br/>
>>>>> <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:<br/>
>>>>>><br/>
>>>>>> On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 11:34 +0100, Jouke Witteveen wrote:<br/>
>>>>>>><br/>
>>>>>>> Follow an FHS proposal[1] that is already implemented on some major<br/>
>>>>>>> distributions.<br/>
>>>>>><br/>
>>>>>><br/>
>>>>>> Shouldn't those distros carry the patch then? :)<br/>
>>>>>><br/>
>>>>>> johannes<br/>
>>>>>><br/>
>>>>><br/>
>>>>> Could be, but if all major distros switch, waiting for the foundation<br/>
>>>>> can look a lot like testing your patience ;-).<br/>
>>>>><br/>
>>>>> - Jouke<br/>
>>><br/>
>>><br/>
>>> It already is a compile-time option, the patch just changes the<br/>
>>> default to something that better suits the current landscape.<br/>
>>> Most of the hassle is documentation updates.<br/>
>><br/>
>><br/>
>> It's going to break older systems...I think you should<br/>
>> leave the defaults as is...<br/>
><br/>
> We could put it in for a later version (3.x?), as far as I can see,<br/>
> most systems are still on 1.x. As long as the /run directory exists, I<br/>
> expect breakage to be minor.<br/>
><br/>
>> Or, perhaps detect that you are on a 'new' system at compile time and<br/>
>> change the new default in that case only.<br/>
><br/>
> It is unclear to me what constitutes a 'new' system. Any that has<br/>
> /run? I think it is best not to over-complicate things and either take<br/>
> the patch more or less like this, or leave it until the foundation<br/>
> makes a move (if ever).<br/>
><br/>
> I assembled the patch mainly to see how deep integration goes. In<br/>
> fact, I am not extremely bothered by the issue on a day-to-day basis.<br/>
> The reason I submitted it is mainly to start the discussion. Perhaps<br/>
> some feel strongly in favor of it.<br/>
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> Nevertheless I do think this should be merged. The critiques by Sven<br/>
> Falempin and Ben Greear do not seem entirely correct and at least the<br/>
> following distributions have already made the switch (so things should<br/>
> only improve there): Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu.<br/>
</div><div name="quoted-content"><br/></div><div name="quoted-content">Gentoo also made the switch.<br/></div><div name="quoted-content"><br/>
> Regards,<br/>
> - Jouke<br/>
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</div><div name="quoted-content">Cheers,<br/></div><div name="quoted-content">Conrad<br/></div>
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