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Message #120 received at 61462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>
Cc: 64775 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 61462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64775: /run should be cleaned on boot
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:29:14 +0200

Hi,

Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org> skribis:

> On 2023-08-08, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org> skribis:
>>> Oh, I noticed on reconfiguring back to a system without the patches to
>>> support /run/privileged configurations ... the /run/privileged directory
>>> is still present, with all those files sitting there in their previous
>>> state.
>>>
>>> This is why I think at least by default, many other distros implement
>>> /run as a tmpfs or similar, so that it at least gets thrown out at
>>> reboot. Though this is obviously a deeper problem than just this patch
>>> series... I will file a separate bug about that.
>>
>> We could try to make that change: /run as tmpfs, or wiped by
>> ‘cleanup-service-type’.
>
> Or both, really!
>
> Filed:
>
>   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64775

This went unnoticed but here’s a patch:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/72920

I’ll apply it soon if there are no objections.

Ludo’.

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