From: ChenQi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
To: <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] initscripts: add urandom directory into volatiles
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:20:37 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50D12475.3050204@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJTo0LYDMxZ+2u_mpTevCD6cCX3OZgxs2ABxGauhuNDc+hzSSg@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/18/2012 07:23 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> On 18 December 2012 06:23, Ming Liu<ming.liu@windriver.com> wrote:
>> /etc/init.d/urandom fails to start/stop because it tries to save
>> random-seed into /var/lib/urandom folder which does not exist in the
>> file system.
>>
>> Fixed by adding /var/lib/urandom into volatiles.
> Doesn't this mean that the persistent state of urandom will be saved
> to a ramdisk?
>
> Mixing up persistent and transient state in /var is exactly why /run
> exists, and why we should switch to support /run as soon as
> possible...
FWIW, there's bug about /run directory support --
https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3181.
Cheers,
Chen Qi
> Ross
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-18 6:23 [PATCH V2] initscripts: add urandom directory into volatiles Ming Liu
2012-12-18 11:23 ` Burton, Ross
2012-12-18 19:30 ` Saul Wold
2012-12-19 1:44 ` Ming Liu
2012-12-19 2:20 ` ChenQi [this message]
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