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[sysvinit-devel] named pipe on /run vs. /dev
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Jesse Smith |
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[sysvinit-devel] named pipe on /run vs. /dev |
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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:05:13 -0300 |
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> Hi Jesse,
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> Which are the motivations for the named pipe to live on /run and not
> in /dev?.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Mat?as
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That decision was made a few years before I came onto the project, so
I'm not sure of all of the details. However, there were two major
factors involved:
1. Debian patched init to use /run instead of /dev to conform with their
file system guidelines.
2. Some other systems, like FreeBSD, do not allow utilities to create
files or pipes in /dev.
Basically, creating stuff in /dev at run time is not considered "proper"
by most modern OSes.
- Jesse