Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools/pygrub: store kernels in /var/run/pygrub

[David Vrabel <dvrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/04/14 11:57, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 17/04/14 11:52, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> Move location of temporary bootfiles from /var/run/xend/boot to
>> /var/run/pygrub. If the directory does not exist create it, unless
>> --output-directory=<dir> was specified.
>>
>> The reason for this change is that all entrys below /var/run have to be
>> created at runtime in case /var/run is cleared on every boot.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> New code not runtime tested as pygrub, just as hello_world.py...
> 
> I don't think it is valid in the slightest for programs like this to be
> mkdir()ing their environment.  It is very much a packaging responsibility.

/var/run may not be persistent so this can't be done by the packaging.

David

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