GNU bug report logs - #64775
/run should be cleaned on boot

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Message #35 received at 64775 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 64775 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 61462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: /run should be cleaned on boot
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:29:14 -0700

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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

live well,
  vagrant

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