From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1l9lDo-0007cY-JL for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:51:41 +0000 Message-ID: <463f958aef1dca20c56278a4cf81c6154127cfe2.camel@pengutronix.de> From: Rouven Czerwinski Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:51:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: <315301163.215482.1612946189188@office.mailbox.org> References: <315301163.215482.1612946189188@office.mailbox.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: lock path in barebox-state To: barebox+mailing@cookiesoft.de, "barebox@lists.infradead.org" Hi Marcel On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 09:36 +0100, barebox+mailing@cookiesoft.de wrote: > Hey everyone, > > we use barebox-state in conjunction with systemd on our platform. > We removed all legacy programs and paths (in systemd terms), so is `/var/lock` removed as well. > > Lennart Poettering decribed it in a github issue why /var/lock is bad (and the reason why it's not pupolated per default): https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15668#issuecomment-623069821 > > So for now our option is to create /var/lock via tmpfiles so barebox-state can use them. > > I would like to see a upstream fix for this, where barebox uses its own directory, e.g. `/run/barebox/lock` or similar. > > I'm not sure if this breaks anything on older systems, maybe you can think about it for a second. > > Please let me know what you think the best approach would be. Since barebox-state is part of the dt-utils software suite, questions should be directed to oss-tools@pengutronix.de Feel free to send patches changing the locking directory to this address as well. Regards, Rouven Czerwinski _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox