[Mageia-dev] /run vs /var/run in configuration files

[nicolas vigier]

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012, Guillaume Rousse wrote:

> Hello list.
>
> Since /usrmove, /run and /var/run is actually the same location on the 
> final running system. So, either can be used in actual configuration files, 
> and systemd unit files. But for consistency and comparaison purpose, it 
> would be better to enforce usage of one variant only.
>
> I initially started to use /run in a few packages, however I'm considering 
> reverting this practice for multiple reasons:
> - fedora keep using /var/run, which makes comparaison harder
> - it make backporting more difficult
> - similar /lib vs /usr/lib case exist, and our %_unitdir macro, for 
> instance, uses the second form
>
> Any other thought on this topic ?

Maybe we should also have a %_rundir macro ?