On 14 Nov 2016 10:09, NeilBrown wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12 2016, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 11 Nov 2016 14:36, NeilBrown wrote: > >> rpcbind can save state in a file to allow restart without forgetting > >> about running services. > >> > >> The default location is currently "/tmp" which is an over-used > >> directory that isn't really suitable for system files. > >> The modern preferences would be a subdirectory of "/run", which can > >> be selected with a ./configure option. That subdirectory would still need > >> to be created by something. > > > > the portable path is /var/cache instead of /run. i don't think libtirpc > > should be configuring itself to assume Linux by default. > > In principle I agree. But is /var/cache really a good choice? > We don't want the state files to persist over a reboot, and I strongly > suspect that /var/cache is designed to do exactly that. > > Are there agree standards that are broader than Linux that we can look > to? > FHS defines /var/run (or even /run) but I suspect it is linux-only. /var/run should work across systems i believe. at least BSD's support it. -mike
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
