Excerpts from Jan de Groot's message of Thu Feb 12 08:59:41 +0100 2009: > On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 05:51 -0200, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote: > > I interested to make Arch Linux suitable for use with a /var/run and > > /var/lock that are mounted as tmpfs. But this also helps, in the case > > that not mounted as tmpfs, to make more simple "purge function" for > > these directories at rc.sysinit step. > > > > In my case this is "just for fun!", but other users can be benefited by > > this, for example "netbook users". > If this requires patching so many packages, and given the fact > that /var/run on tmpfs is not default in archlinux, maybe you should try > building /var/run from an initial directory or something like that. This > is also what I use for my OpenBSD router which runs from compactflash > and has /var mounted on ramdisk. I have a setup on my netbook where the whole /var is mounted as tmpfs and rsynced from and to real directory (/var-sync in my case) on boot/shutdown. Patches to rc.sysinit and rc.shutdown follow. [Note that whenever you update initscripts, you need to patch at least rc.shutdown before rebooting :)]
