Re: [Libtirpc-devel] [PATCH rpcbind] Move default state-dir to /run/rpcbind

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

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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

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