Re: lock path in barebox-state

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Hi Marcel

On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 09:36 +0100, barebox+mailing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey everyone, 
> 
> we use barebox-state in conjunction with systemd on our platform. 
> We removed all legacy programs and paths (in systemd terms), so is `/var/lock` removed as well. 
> 
> Lennart Poettering decribed it in a github issue why /var/lock is bad (and the reason why it's not pupolated per default): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15668#issuecomment-623069821 
> 
> So for now our option is to create /var/lock via tmpfiles so barebox-state can use them. 
> 
> I would like to see a upstream fix for this, where barebox uses its own directory, e.g. `/run/barebox/lock` or similar. 
> 
> I'm not sure if this breaks anything on older systems, maybe you can think about it for a second. 
> 
> Please let me know what you think the best approach would be. 

Since barebox-state is part of the dt-utils software suite, questions
should be directed to oss-tools@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feel free to send
patches changing the locking directory to this address as well.

Regards,
Rouven Czerwinski


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