On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 01:27:20PM +0100, Michal Privoznik wrote: > While previously FHS 2.3 defined /var/run as a place to store > runtime information [1] it's no longer 2004 and newer > specification was released which favors /run [2]. Since it was > released 10 years ago, maybe it's time we start honouring it. > > On majority of Linux systems (if not all), /var/run is a symlink > to /run anyways. > > Users can still pass old location via -Drunstatedir. > > 1: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#VARRUNRUNTIMEVARIABLEDATA > 2: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s15.html > > Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > meson.build | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> The previous patch should be redundant with this fix > > diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build > index c7e5947d10..8ac2debb91 100644 > --- a/meson.build > +++ b/meson.build > @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif > > runstatedir = get_option('runstatedir') > if runstatedir == '' > - runstatedir = localstatedir / 'run' > + runstatedir = '/run' > endif > > initconfdir = get_option('initconfdir') > -- > 2.45.3 > With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
