544620 – sys-libs/glibc: paths.h: _PATH_VARRUN: set to "/run/"

Bug 544620 - sys-libs/glibc: paths.h: _PATH_VARRUN: set to "/run/"

Summary: sys-libs/glibc: paths.h: _PATH_VARRUN: set to "/run/"

Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers

URL:	https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/...
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Reported:	2015-03-27 01:55 UTC by Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED)
Modified:	2015-04-02 16:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:	361349
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Description Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-03-27 01:55:33 UTC

Hi,

according to bug 361349 we are moving from "/var/run" to "/run".

I would suggest to patch "_PATH_VARRUN" in "/usr/include/paths.h" to point to "/run/". That way, packages using paths.h like

  #ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
  # include <paths.h>
  #endif
  
  #ifndef _PATH_VARRUN 
  # define _PATH_VARRUN "/var/run/"
  #endif

will use "/run/" per default.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-03-27 20:18:49 UTC

/var/run will always exist and be a symlink to /run, so it's not really important to make this change.  will bounce it off upstream and see what happens.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-04-02 16:36:24 UTC

no plans to change it and i see no downside to doing so