Dapper is mucking with my /var/run/ dirs

[Dick Davies]

On 01/06/06, nodata <ubuntu at nodata.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 14:59 -0700, Carlos Picazzo wrote:
> >> On 5/31/06, Carlos Picazzo <ojaiguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I've got some custom directories in /var/run/ and after upgrading to
> >> > dapper, I've noticed that those directories, for some reason, are
> >> > being removed automatically.  Now when my box comes back up, it starts
> >> > puking because it can't write to its normal file.  What's going on and
> >> > how can I fix this so it doesn't continue to happen?
> >>
> >> Well, after a little more digging, it appears that /var/run in Dapper
> >> is a tmpfs and gets recreated at boot time.  Is there a config file
> >> where you can specify what dirs should get created and their perms?
> >>
> >
> > I have the same problem. Although I was stupid to set up something
> > permanently to /var/run, I'd also love to have old behaviour back. Did
> > you have luck with it?
> >
> >       Mike
>
> If an ubuntu package relies on /var/run/SOMEDIR, and it's not there, you
> need to report this as a bug. But I don't think this is your problem.

Most *NIXes clear /var/run (and /var/tmp) at a reboot, so I wouldn't report
it as a bug myself. It's probably best
not to either create any directory structure you want (mkdir -p) or
put it elsewhere
if you want it to survive a reboot.




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