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Re: configuring /var/run with newer autoconf


It was <2016-04-08 piÄ 14:31>, when Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 04/08/2016 09:52 AM, Åukasz Stelmach wrote:
>
>>> but you also have another option and what most people have been 
>>> doing: c) symlink /var/run to /run
>> 
>> This does not help to avoid deadlocks at all.
>
> Why?  It may need changes to autofs, so that it can produce the
> required symbolic link, at an early stage of operation.

autofs works as expected, it does not provide any contents itself, instead it
intercepts all requests and put them on hold until the actual filesystem
is mounted. I wouldn't expect anything else.

I'd say the case we are discussing is an extremely rare corner case for
autofs and I'd rather expect requirement for autoconf 2.70 be accepted
in libc (-; before any kernel developer accepts a patch for autofs.

-- 
Åukasz Stelmach
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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